1557 – Jacques Cartier, French explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France, dies at 65
1941 – “Kansas City” Frank [Melrose], American jazz and blues pianist, killed in a bar fight in Hammond, Indiana at 33
1967 – James Dunn, American vaudeville performer, stage and screen actor (Bad Girl; Bright Eyes; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies from surgery complications at 65
1983 – Larry McDonald, American congressman (b. 1935)
1993 – Jacqueline Wijchers, film publicist (Havenloods, Sextant), dies at 89
1993 – Neon Park [Martin Muller], American illustrator of album covers (Little Feat; Frank Zappa), dies of ALS at 52
1994 – Pieter C “Piet” Author, sailor/corrector, dies at 71
1994 – Boris Malenko, American professional wrestler (b. 1933)
2004 – Johnny Bragg, American doo-wop singer-songwriter (The Prisonaires – “Just Walkin’ in the Rain”), dies of cancer at 79
2006 – Nellie Connally, wife of Texas governor John Connally (b. 1919)