1769 – Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia (b. 1711)
1814 – Elbridge Gerry, American politician signer of Declaration of Independence, 5th Vice-President of the US (under James Madison, 1813-14), and namesake of “gerrymander”, dies at 70
1848 – John Barrow, 1st Baronet, English statesman and founder of the Royal Geographical Society, dies at 84
1916 – Leonard Moon, English cricketer (WW I 4 Tests for England 1905-06), dies
1923 – Urmuz [Demetru Dem. Demetrescu-Buzău], Romanian writer (Bizarre Pages), commits suicide at 40
1969 – (Donnell) “Spade” Cooley, American Western swing fiddler, bandleader, and television personality (“Shame On You”), dies of a heart attack during the intermission of a performance at 58
1979 – Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter (“Crayon Angels”; “Jesus Was A Cross Maker”), dies of a drug overdose at 35
1983 – Juhan Muks, Estonian artist (b. 1899)
1994 – Eldero L D Williams, tenor saxophonist, dies at 70
2005 – Constance Cummings, American-British Tony Award-winning stage (Wings; Long Day’s Journey Into Night), and screen (Blithe Spirit; Glamour) actress, dies at 95