1776 – Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer, dies at 72
1906 – John Clayton Adams, British landscape artist (b. 1840)
1915 – Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG), dies
1941 – [Stephanie] Hélène Swarth, Dutch poet (“Lonely flowers”), dies at 81
1960 – Mahlon Hamilton, American actor (Peg O’My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80 (b. 1880)
1972 – Horst Salomon, writer, dies
1977 – Abner Biberman, American director and actor (His Girl Friday, The Leopard Man), dies at 68
1995 – Al Hansen, American artist (Fluxus), found dead at 67
1999 – Clifton Fadiman, American author (b. 1902)
2012 – Andrew Sarris, American movie critic (Village Voice), dies at 83