1735 – Pirro Capacelli, Italian aristocrat and composer, dies at 71
1897 – Ralph Abercromby, British meteorologist, dies at about 54
1898 – Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist, dies at 66
1940 – Wladimir Köppen [Vladimir Köppen], German Meteorologist and Climatologist who developed the Köppen climate classification system for the regions of the world, dies at 93
1945 – Mitsuri Ushijima, Japanese lt-gen/commandant 32nd Army, commits harakiri
1961 – Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies
1989 – Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician, dies at 72
1991 – Cameron Miller, actor (Portrait of Claire), dies at 82
1993 – M’hammed Boukhozba, Algerian sociologist, murdered at 52
2004 – Kim Sun-il, South Korean translator (b. 1970)