1722 – Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654)
1939 – Anthony Fokker, Dutch aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer (Eindecker monoplanes, Fokker Triplane), dies of pneumococcal meningitis at 49
1944 – Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator (Gibson Girl), dies at 77
1945 – Mogens Klitgaard, Danish author (Brunkul), dies at 39
1948 – Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese military officer and politician (War Minister, 1938-39), hanged for war crimes at 63
1951 – Alfrēds Kalniņš, Latvian organist, composer (Baņuta), conductor, and pedagogue, dies at 72
1994 – Charles Shirley, American big band jazz arranger (Stan Kenton; Les Elgart), and alcoholism counselor, dies of a heart attack at 74
2000 – Victor Borge [Borge Rosenbaum], Danish-American comedian and pianist, dies at 91
2013 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and inventor of the AK-47, dies at 94
2019 – Alan Harrington, Welsh soccer defender (11 caps; Cardiff City 348 games), dies at 86