1843 – Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican independence leader, general and 1st President of Mexico (1824-29), dies at 56
1889 – August von Pettenkofen, Austrian outdoor painter, dies at 66
1894 – Jacob Rosenhaim, Jewish-German composer, dies at 80
1915 – Frederick Winslow Taylor, American mechanical engineer and the father of scientific management, dies of influenza at 59
1971 – Nan Wynn [Masha Vatz], American radio and big-band singer (Rudy VallĂ©e; Teddy Wilson), actress (Pardon My Sarong), and singing voice for Rita Hayworth, dies of cancer at 55
1994 – Dack Rambo, American actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies from AIDs at 52
1995 – Robert Urquhart, Scottish actor (Dunkirk, Bulldog Breed), dies at 72
2002 – Hermanus Berserik, Dutch painter and graphic artist, dies at 80
2002 – Herman Talmadge, American politician (70th Governor of Georgia), dies at 88
2016 – Peter Brown [Pierre Lind de Lappe], American actor (Lawman, Laredo, Bold and Beautiful), dies at 80