1812 – Joanna Southcott, an English self-described religious prophetess.
1894 – Francis II, last King of the Two Sicilies before Italian Unification, dies at 58
1916 – Nicolai Soloviev, Russian music critic and composer, dies at 70
1959 – Alfonso Reyes, Mexican writer (SimpatÃas y diferencias) and diplomat (Higenia Cruel), dies at 70
1988 – Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid and Nancy), dies
1993 – Michael Callen, American AIDS activist, singer-songwriter, and author, dies of complications related to AIDS at 38
1997 – Buxton Orr, Anglo-Scottish composer, dies at 73
2002 – George Roy Hill, American Academy Award-winning film director (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; The Sting; Slap Shot; A Little Romance; The World According to Garp), dies from complications of Parkinson’s disease at 81
2021 – April Ashley, English model and one of the earliest British people known to have had sex reassignment surgery, dies at 86
2023 – Herb Kohl, American businessman (Kohls department stores; Milwaukee Bucks, 1985-2014), politician (US Senator (D) from Wisconsin, 1989-2013), and philanthropist, dies at 88