1566 – Marcus A Vida, [Marcus Hieronymus], Italian humanist/poet/bishop, dies
1940 – Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48
1944 – Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist (Pentecostal), dies at 53
1963 – Andy Coakley, American baseball player and long-time coach at Columbia University, dies at 80
1967 – Felix Yussupov, Russian aristocrat, dies at 80
1969 – Violet Farebrother, English actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue), dies at 81
1982 – Ralph Baldwin, Canadian harness driver and trainer (11 major world records; Hambletonian Stakes 1963, 73), dies at 66
1985 – Lloyd Nolan, American actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place), dies of lung cancer at 83
2013 – Gates Brown, American MLB player (Detroit Tigers: 1963-75), dies at 74
2018 – Marty Balin [Buchwald], American singer (Jefferson Airplane/Starship), dies at 76