1634 – Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588)
1915 – James Murray Spangler, American inventor of portable vacuum cleaner (Hoover), dies at 66
1922 – Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London
1928 – George Siegmann, American actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist), dies from pernicious anemia at 46
1966 – Roger Blunt, New Zealand cricket all-rounder and broadcaster (9 Tests; BBC), dies at 65
1988 – Dennis Day [Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty], Irish-American tenor (“Danny Boy”), radio and television comic actor (Jack Benny Program; A Day in the Life of Dennis Day), dies of ALS at 72
1994 – L. V. Prasad, Indian pioneering filmmaker, dies at 87
2007 – Guy Vander Jagt, American politician (Rep-R-MI, 1966-93), dies at 75
2020 – Carlos Luis Morales, Ecuadorian soccer goalkeeper (40 caps; Independiente, Palestino, ESPOLI), dies from cardiocirculatory arrest at 55
2022 – Alec Head, French horse trainer and breeder (6 x champion trainer France; 4 x Arc de Triomphe; owner Haras du Quesnay), dies at 97