1789 – Joaquín Martínez de Oxinagas, composer, dies at 69
1852 – Daniel Webster, US Secretary of State (1841-43, 1850-52), politician and lawyer, dies at 70
1898 – Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter, dies at 73
1902 – Władysław Zaremba, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 69
1985 – Maurice Roy, Archbishop of Quebec, (b. 1905)
1988 – Henry Armstrong, American boxer (world featherweight, lightweight, welterweight [19 x title defences] champion), dies at 75
1996 – Sid Pye, drummer, dies at 55
2002 – Winton M. Blount, United States Postmaster General (b. 1921)
2005 – Immanuel C.Y. Hsu, scholar of modern Chinese intellectual and diplomatic history (b. 1923)
2012 – Anita Björk, Swedish actress (Miss Julie, Loving Couples, Night People), dies at 89