1828 – Rachel Jackson, wife of 7th US President Andrew Jackson, dies of heart failure
1867 – Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer who was one of the founders of modern projective geometry, dies at 79
1867 – Théodore Rousseau, French painter, dies at 55
1873 – Charles Lenox Remond, African-American orator and abolitionist, dies at 63
1902 – Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Austro–German psychiatrist and author (Psychopathia Sexualis), dies at 62
1974 – Fosco Giachetti, Italian actor (Wastrel, We the Living), dies at 74
1995 – James Meade, English economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (b. 1907)
1996 – Hetta Empson, South African-British artist, dies at 81
1997 – Juzo Itami, Japanese director, commits suicide at 64
2010 – Fred Foy, American radio and television announcer (b. 1921)