1892 – Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (b. 1819)
1910 – Marie, Princess of Wied/Orange Nassau, dies
1928 – George Siegmann, American actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist), dies from pernicious anemia at 46
1930 – Karl von Amira, German historian, dies at 82
1938 – C.J. Dennis, Australian writer and poet (b. 1876)
1954 – Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49
1964 – Havank, [HF van der Kallen], detective writer (Shade), dies at 60
1988 – Dennis Day, actor/tenor (Jack Benny Show), dies of ALS at 71
1996 – Salah Abou Seif, film director, dies at 81
1996 – Leo Nichols, businessman, honorary consul and longtime friend of Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, dies at 65