1731 – Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672)
1866 – Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49
1916 – Frank Penn, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1880), dies
1942 – Chris ‘Red’ Cagle, College Football Hall of Fame halfback, dies of a fractured skull from a fall at 37
1977 – Ivan Rezak, Czech composer, dies at 53
1986 – Leslie Dwyer, English actor (Hi-de-Hi!), dies at 80
1994 – Karl Schiller, German economist and politician (Minister of Economics), dies at 83
2005 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948)
2016 – George S. Irving [Shelasky], American broadway singer and actor (Dumplings), dies at 94
2018 – Theodore Antoniou, Greek conductor and composer (Paean, Celebration), dies at 83