1679 – John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53
1736 – Antonio Caldara, composer, dies
1869 – Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (blood pressure), dies at 72
1917 – Louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71
1931 – Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator (created Dewey Decimal System for libraries), dies at 80
1973 – Steven Geray, American actor (French Line), dies at 69
1990 – Nancy Cruznan, accident victim/right-to-die case, dies at 33
1992 – Constance Carpenter, actress (2 Worlds), dies of stroke at 87
2000 – Jason Robards, American actor (A Thousand Clowns, Any Wednesday), dies at 78
2016 – George S Irving [Shelasky], American broadway singer and actor (Dumplings), dies at 94