1889 – Friedrich August Quenstedt, German geologist and paleontologist, dies at 80
1972 – Horace Mann Bond, American educator, administrator (President of Lincoln University (Pa), 1945-57), and historian, dies at 68
1974 – Richard Long, American actor (Prof-Nanny and the Professor), dies at 47
1976 – Edward Bartlett, cricketer (WI Test batsman in 5 Tests 1928-31), dies
1992 – Philip Farkas, American classical horn player (Chicago Symphony) and educator (University of Indiana), dies at 78
1992 – Stella Adler, American actress (Love on Toast; My Girl Tisa), and teacher (Stella Adler Studio of Acting), dies at 91
1993 – Philip Christison, British general (Rangoon), dies at 100
1997 – Michael Lyne, British Air Vice-Marshal, dies at 78
2006 – Sydney Wooderson, English athlete dubbed “The Mighty Atom” (world record 1937), dies at 92
2017 – Bruce McCandless II, American aviator, electrical engineer and astronaut who made the 1st untethered space walk (STS 41B, STS-31), dies at 80