1889 – Louis Faidherbe, French general (b. 1818)
1908 – Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (Epitaph of a small winner), dies at 69
1937 – Ray Ewry, American track and field athlete (8 Olympic golds 1900, 04, 08), dies at 63
1962 – Robert Burton, American actor (The Big Heat, Compulsion, A Man Called Peter), dies from cancer at 67
1980 – Bindo Maserati, Italian auto engineer and businessman (manager Maserati Racing; founder O.S.C.A. Racing), dies at 97
1993 – Ghuslam Wyne, premier of Lahore Pakistan, murdered at 60
1995 – Seger Pillot Ellis, American jazz pianist and vocalist, dies at 91
1995 – George Chesterman Phillips, British naval officer, dies at 90
2006 – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (b. 1976)
2013 – L. C. Greenwood, American football player, dies from kidney failure at 67