1716 – Stephen Fox, English politician, dies at 89
1755 – Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer, dies at 65
1841 – Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist who discovered the element lithium, dies at 49
1877 – Robert Swinhoe, British naturalist (b. 1835)
1984 – Giuseppe Savagnone, Italian composer, dies at 81
1991 – George Treweeke, Australian Rugby League second rower (7 Tests, South Sydney), dies at 86
1992 – Joan Maloney Rio, dancer, dies of cancer at 57
1995 – Allan Leslie Merson, historian, dies at 79
2011 – Beryl Davis, British-American cabaret and big band singer (Quintette du Hot Club de France, Glenn Miller’s US Army Air Force Orchestra), dies of complications from Alzheimer’s disease at 87
2020 – Miguel Ángel Castellini, Argentine boxer (WBA, lineal light middleweight titles 1976-77), dies from COVID-19 at 73