1882 – François Jouffroy, French sculptor (b. 1806)
1942 – Hans Lietzman, German theologist and church historian, dies at 67
1961 – Miriam (Ma) Ferguson, US politician, 1st US elected women governor, Governor of Texas (1925-27, 1933-35), dies at 86
1968 – Tony Hancock, English comedian and actor (Hancock’s Half Hour), commits suicide at 44
1978 – Barry Brown, American actor (Frederick Winterbourne-Daisy Miller), dies at 27
1986 – Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet, dies at 63
1997 – Jacques Cousteau, French oceanic explorer (Calypso), dies of a heart attack at 87
1999 – Fred Trump, American real estate developer and father of Donald Trump, dies of pneumonia while suffering from Alzheimer’s disease at 93
2001 – Yuri Petrovich Sheffer, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 53
2020 – Marga Richter, American classical pianist and composer (Landscapes of the Mind; Out of Shadows and Solitude), dies at 93