1706 – Colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
1914 – George Ambrose Pogson, British consul in Hamburg (1880-1914), dies
1927 – Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Massachusetts
1970 – (Neeltje) “Nel” Roos, Dutch ballerina and dance teacher, dies of a heart attack at 55
1971 – Gisela Hernández [Gonzalo], Cuban composer (Diálogo), and music educator, dies at 58
1992 – Virginia Sale-Wren, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 92
1993 – Charles Scorsese, actor (Cape Fear, Goodfellas, Wise Guys), dies at 80
1995 – James Pilditch, designer, dies at 66
2016 – Reinhard Selten, German economist (Nobel Prize 1994), dies at 85
2020 – Lori Nelson, American actress (Greta-How to Marry a Millionaire), dies at 87