1519 – Philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot
1668 – Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies
1723 – Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister, dies at 84
1819 – Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval hero (Battle of Lake Erie),, dies on 34th birthday
1892 – Deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
1960 – Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers, dies at 65
1980 – Norman Shelley, English radio actor (Churchill’s Speech), dies at 77
1989 – R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist (anti-psychiatry), dies of a heart attack at 61
1991 – Florence B Seibert, bio-chemist (TB), dies at 93
2008 – John Russell, British-born American art critic and author