1675 – Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English Civil War soldier (c. 1608)
1815 – Johann Peter Salomon, composer, dies at 70
1867 – John Drake Sloat, 1st Military Governor of California (Union Navy), dies at 86
1878 – Orson Hyde, American religious leader (b. 1805)
1880 – Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa, dies at 43
1915 – Mubarak Al-Sabah “The Great”, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1896)
1960 – Richard Wright, American author (Native Son, Uncle Tom’s Children), dies at 52
1993 – Khaled Moustapha Zir, Palestinian Hamas leader, shot to death at 25
1995 – Brunhilde Hendrix, German relay runner (Olympic silver 1960), dies at 57
2022 – Clarence Gilyard Jr, American actor (Walker, Texas Ranger – “Trivette”; Matlock, 1989-93 – “Conrad”; Die Hard), and educator, dies at 66