1609 – Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of “Julian Period”, dies at 68
1704 – Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83
1937 – Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (b. 1898)
1959 – Carl Switzer, American actor (Our Gang, Beginner’s Luck, General Spanky), shot by an acquaintance at 31
1989 – Carl Furillo, American Baseball player (b. 1922)
1991 – Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies
1992 – Champion Jack [William Thomas] Dupree, American boxer and pianist, dies at 81
1993 – Charlie Gehringer, American Baseball Hall of Fame 2nd baseman (Detroit Tigers, 6-time MLB All Star), dies at 89
1995 – John Halas, Hungarian-American cartoonist and animator (Animal Farm), dies at 82
2010 – Paul Quarrington, Canadian novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician and educator (b. 1953)