1756 – George Vertue, engraver, dies
1910 – Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)
1933 – Max von Schillings, German composer and conductor (Der Pfeifertag), dies at 65
1936 – Georg Michaelis, Chancellor of German Empire, dies at 78
1954 – Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90
1964 – Erwin Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer (theory of relativity), dies at 79
1965 – Irene Browne, actress (Peg O’ My Heart), dies of cancer at 69
1993 – Ben Polak, Dutch physician, communist and resistance fighter, dies at 79
1997 – Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (Alien 3, Kes), dies of a brain tumour at 63
2011 – Jane White, African-American actress and singer (Strange Fruit, Once Upon a Mattress), dies at 88