1781 – Edward Capell, English critic, dies at 67
1810 – Henry Cavendish, British physicist and chemist (discovery of hydrogen), dies at 78
1865 – Edmund John Armstrong, Irish poet, dies at 23
1907 – Otto Goldschmidt, German composer, dies at 77
1914 – Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg
1915 – Amanda Smith, American former slave, singer and evangelist, dies at 78
1976 – Charles Wilfred Orr, English pianist and composer (settings of A.E. Housman poems), dies at 82
1992 – Kay Loring, dies after long illness
1994 – Dinah Shore, singer, golf major host (Nabisco DS Championship), dies of cancer at 76
2008 – Larry Norman, American musician and pioneer of Christian rock music (Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?), dies at 60