1705 – Willem Hadriaan of Nassau, Dutch corrupt mister of Odijk, dies
1809 – Alexander Reinagle, English-American composer, dies at 53
1906 – Samuel Arnold, American conspirator who plotted to kidnap Abraham Lincoln, dies at 72
1954 – KÅkichi Mikimoto, Japanese inventor and entrepreneur (cultured pearls), dies at 96
1966 – Paul Reynaud, Premier of France (May-June 1940), dies at 87
1983 – Andrew Brewin, Canadian lawyer and MP for Greenwood, dies at 76
1988 – Christine Norden, British actress (Little Shop of Horrors, Night Beat), dies from pneumonia at 63
1988 – Henry Koster, German-born Hollywood director, discovered Abbott and Costello, dies at 83
1997 – Jennifer Holt, American actress (b. 1920)
2016 – John D. Loudermilk, American country singer and songwriter (“Tobacco Road”; “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye”), dies of cancer at 82