1680 – Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit priest and inventor (magic lantern), dies at 79
1894 – Johanna von Puttkamer, Prussian noblewoman, wife of Otto von Bismarck (b. 1824)
1975 – Ross McWhirter, English Guinness Book of Records co-founder, assassinated by the IRA at 50
1977 – John Little McClellan, American lawyer and politician (Sen-D-Ark), dies at 81
1978 – George Moscone, Mayor of San Francisco (1976-78) shot and killed by Dan White aged 49
1988 – Angela Aames, actress (Lost Empire, Basic Training), dies
1996 – George Ernest Leslie, trade union official, dies at 76
2000 – Len Shackleton, English former footballer, dies at 78
2011 – Sultan Khan, Indian classical musician, dies at 71
2012 – Marvin Miller, American baseball executive (Major League Baseball Players Association 1966-1982), dies at 95