1891 – Pierre Lallement, inventor of the bicycle (b. 1843 or 1844)
1910 – Johann Oskar Backlund, Swedish-Russian astronomer (planets/asteroids), dies at 64
1910 – John YWJ Eilerts de Cock, sea officer (Suriname), dies at 44
1914 – … Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle
1930 – William Archibald Spooner, English writer (b. 1844)
1941 – Henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40
1960 – Vicki Baum, Austrian writer (Grand Hotel), dies at 72
1985 – Evelyn Ankers, actress (Black Beauty, Jungle Woman), dies at 67
1991 – Dixie Dunbar, [Charlotte King], dies of heart attack at 72
1992 – Mary Norton, children book author (Borrowers), dies at 88