1584 – Pedro Ponce de León, Spanish Benedictine monk considered “the first teacher for the deaf”, dies at about 64
1780 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, designed the Panthéon in Paris, dies at 67
1941 – Henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40
1957 – Louis Diat, French-American chef (Ritz-Carlton Hotel NYC, 1910-51), culinary writer and cookbook author, credited with inventing vichyssoise soup, dies at 72
1981 – Lowell Thomas, American newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling, NY at 89
1990 – Sandy, dog in the play Annie, dies at 16
1991 – Kathryn Cravens, American early news correspondent, dies at 92
1991 – Dixie Dunbar [Charlotte King], American singer and actress, dies of a heart attack at 72
2002 – Paul Tripp, American TV host (Mr I Magination), songwriter (Tubby the Tuba), and children’s book writer (Rabbi Santa Claus), dies at 91
2021 – Ron Bushy, American rock drummer (Iron Butterfly – “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”), dies of esophageal cancer at 79