1784 – Caesar Rodney, American judge and Founding Father (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 55
1852 – Henry Clay, American politician known as “the Great Compromiser”, Speaker of the House, Senator and Secretary of State (1825-29), dies of tuberculosis at 75
1969 – Moïse Tshombe, Congolese politician (President of the Democratic Republic of Congo 1964-5), dies at 49
1976 – Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek mathematician, dies at 62
1986 – John P. East, American politician (Sen-R-NC), dies at 55
1989 – Keith Chapman, American organist (Wanamaker Grand Court, 1966-89), dies in a plane crash at 43
1992 – Pierre Billotte, French military officer (Battle for France WWII), dies at 86
1996 – Bobby Keetch, English footballer and entrepreneur, dies at 54
2011 – R. C. Alston, British bibliographer, dies at 78
2018 – Steve Ditko, American comic artist and co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, dies at 90