1779 – Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer, dies at 45
1875 – Charles Sprague, American banker and poet (Curiosity), dies at 83
1942 – Reimond Tollenaere, leader Flemishch National Front, dies at 81
1949 – William Thomas Walsh, American author (Isabella of Spain), dies at 57
1959 – Mike Hawthorn, English auto racer (F1 world champion 1958), dies in road accident at 29
1993 – Alexander Bodon, Hungarian-Dutch architect (RAI, Dollywood), dies at 86
1996 – Israel Eldad, Israeli Revisionist Zionist philosopher and member of the pre-state underground group Lehi, dies at 85
1999 – William M. Batten, American businessman and CEO (NY Stock Exchange 1976-84), dies at 89
2008 – Miles Lerman, Polish-American activist (b. 1920)
2017 – Jaki Liebesit, German rocker (Can), dies at 78