1731 – Thomas Woolston, English theologian (b. 1669)
1774 – Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1717). Reigns 1757 to 1774. Dies at 56
1959 – Cecil B. DeMille, American filmmaker (The Ten Commandments, Samson and Delilah), dies of heart failure at 77
1981 – Allyn Joslyn, American actor (They Won’t Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79
1996 – René Marc Jalbert, sergeant-at-Arms at the National Assembly of Quebec (b. 1921)
2011 – Dennis Oppenheim, American conceptual artist (b.1938)
2012 – Roy John Britten, American molecular biologist, dies at 92
2012 – Jonathan Idema, American torturer, kidnapper and con-artist, dies from Aids complications at 55
2013 – Michael Winner, English film director and producer (Death Wish), dies at 77
2017 – Maggie Roche, Irish-American singer-songwriter (Roches), dies of cancer at 65