1695 – Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican philosopher and poet, dies at 44
1872 – Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician and author, dies at 70
1882 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher (Concord Hymn), dies of pneumonia at 78
1915 – Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (Prometheus) and pianist, dies at 43
1932 – Hart Crane, American poet (The Bridge), commits suicide at 32 by jumping overboard into the Gulf of Mexico
1975 – Nicholas Soussanin, Russian-American actor (Last Command, Captain Fury), dies at 86
1994 – John Preston, American writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48
1998 – Godfrey Kenton, English actor (The Tempest, Well’s Theater), dies at 96
2003 – Piet Roozenburg, Dutch World champion checker player (1948, 51, 52, 55), dies at 78
2012 – Bill Skowron, American MLB player, dies from lung cancer at 81