1750 – Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)
1808 – Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)
1849 – Anne Brontë, English novelist (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall), dies at 29
1864 – Henry H Giesy, US Union-brigadier general, dies in battle
1963 – Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, Soviet composer, dies at 60
1972 – Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire and Emperor of India (Jan 20th, 1936 until his abdication on Dec 11th, 1936), dies at 77
1982 – Lt Col ‘H’. Jones VC, Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (British Army) (Falklands War) (b. 1940)
1995 – Jean Muir, British fashion designer, dies at 66
2004 – Umberto Agnelli, Italian automobile executive (Fiat), dies at 69
2010 – Gary Coleman, American actor (Diff’rent Strokes), dies at 42