1735 – John Arbuthnot, Scottish mathematician and writer (Scriblerus Club), dies at 67
1844 – Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85
1946 – James Cecil Parke, Irish tennis player (Australasian C’ship singles and doubles, Davis Cup 1912; Wimbledon doubles 1914) and rugby union centre (20 caps; Leinster Rugby), dies at 64
1947 – Francis MacKinnon, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Kent CCC) and 35th Chief of MacKinnon clan, dies at 98
1968 – Frankie Lymon, American pop singer (The Teenagers – “Why Do Fools Fall In Love”), dies of a heroin overdose at 25
1989 – Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist and ethologist (Man and His Ideas, Nobel Prize 1973), dies at 85
1993 – Marlena Davis, American pop singer (The Orlons – “Don’t Hang Up”; “South Street”), dies of lung cancer at 48
2008 – Anthony Blond, British publisher (The Publishing Game, Book Book), dies at 79
2011 – Frank Buckles, last surviving American World War I veteran (b. 1901)
2024 – Richard Lewis, American comedian and actor (Anything But Love; Robin Hood: Men in Tights; Curb Your Enthusiasm), dies of a heart attack at 76