1823 – Edward Jenner, English physician, father of immunology, pioneered smallpox vaccinations, dies at 73
1884 – John Letcher, American lawyer and politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia, dies at 70
1911 – Charles Dilke, British statesman and Radical politician, dies at 67
1947 – Gustav Adolf, crown prince of Sweden, dies in air crash
1954 – Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor, dies at 80
1965 – Ali Mansoer, premier of Persia, murdered
1968 – Yvor Winters, American poet (b. 1900)
1977 – Margaret Hayes, American actress (Blackboard Jungle, Robert Montgomery Presents), dies from cancer and hepatitis at 60
1983 – Paul “Bear” Bryant, American college football coach (Alabama), dies at 69
1985 – James Cameron, journalist, dies