1738 – Turlough O’Carolan, Irish harper and composer (b. 1670)
1931 – Ida B. Wells (-Barnett), American journalist, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP, dies at 68
1933 – Eric Jan Hanussen [Hermann Steinschneider], Austrian astrologist, clairvoyant, illusionist, and speaking tutor to Hitler, murdered at 43
1937 – John Drinkwater, English poet and playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54
1958 – Tom Brown, American dixieland jazz trombonist, dies at 69
1969 – Norman Gallichan, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (1 Test, HS 30, 3 wickets; Manawatu, Wellington), dies at 62
1996 – John Snagge, British newsreader and commentator for the BBC (Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race), dies at 91
1999 – Cal Ripken Sr, American baseball manager (Baltimore Orioles 1987-88; World Series 1983 [coach]), dies of lung cancer at 63
2007 – Andranik Margaryan, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia (2000-07), dies at 57
2023 – Pavel Krotov, Russian freestyle skier (World C’ship gold mixed team aerials 2021), dies at 30