1853 – Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer, dies at 68
1924 – Frances Hodgson Burnett, British born American playwright and children’s author (“Little Lord Fauntleroy”), dies at 74
1939 – Dwight B. Waldo, American educator (first President of Western Michigan University), dies at 75
1957 – Rosemarie Nitribitt, German call girl (b. 1933)
1983 – Sten Broman, Swedish composer, dies at 81
1986 – Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer, dies at 68
1994 – Evelyn Anderson, dancer, dies at 87
2004 – Peter Twinn, English mathematician (b. 1916)
2016 – John D. Roberts, American chemist, received American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (2013), dies at 98
2017 – Dennis Banks, American activist (leader of the American Indian Movement), dies at 80