1825 – Joachim Heer, Swiss politician (b. 1879)
1914 – Alfred Lichtenstein, German writer, dies at 25
1917 – Thomas Ashe, Irish revolutionary (b. 1885)
1961 – Frank Fay, American vaudeville comedian and actor (God’s Gift to Women), dies at 69
1986 – Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, Russian Chemist and Nobel Prize winner, dies at 90
1988 – Billy Carter, brother of US President Jimmy Carter, dies of cancer at 51
1994 – John Richard Ravensdale, historian, dies at 73
1995 – Dorothy Dickson, American actress and dancer (Paying the Piper, Danny Boy), dies at 102
2005 – Don Adams, American actor and comedian (Get Smart), dies at 82
2016 – Arnold Palmer, American golfer (7 major titles including US Masters 1958, 60, 62, 64), dies of heart failure at 87