1941 – Benjamin Lee Whorf, American linguist (the relation of language to thinking and cognition), dies at 44
1944 – Rezā Shāh Pahlavi [Rezā Khan], Shah of Iran (1925-41), dies at 66 of a heart ailment
1957 – Carlos Castillo Armas, Dictator and President of Guatemala (1954-57), assassinated by a palace guard with leftist sympathies at 42
1960 – Maud Menten, Canadian biochemist (b. 1879)
1970 – Claud Allister, British actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet, Bulldog Drummond), dies at 81
1977 – Hans-Otto Borgmann, composer, dies at 75
1984 – George Gallup, American survey sampling pioneer and inventor of the Gallup poll, dies of a heart attack at 82
2005 – Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1945)
2007 – John Normington, English actor (b. 1937)
2009 – Marcey Jacobson, American photographer (b. 1911)