1872 – James Van Ness, Mayor of San Francisco (1855-1856) (b. 1808)
1884 – Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist and publisher, dies at 56
1903 – George Gissing, British novelist (New Grub Street, Charles Dickens: A Critical Study), dies from a chill at 46
1925 – Louisa Aldrich-Blake, British pioneering surgeon, dies of cancer at 65
1944 – Cornelia ten Boom is accidentally released from Ravensbruck
1976 – Katharine Byron, U.S. Congresswoman, dies at 73
1999 – Clayton Moore, American actor (The Lone Ranger), dies at 85
2001 – Samuel A. Goldblith, American food scientist (b. 1919)
2006 – Jamal Karimi-Rad, Iranian Minister of Justice (b. 1956)
2009 – James Owen Sullivan, American drummer and songwriter (Avenged Sevenfold) dies aged 28