1742 – James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
1876 – Paul van Vlissingen, Dutch ship owner, dies at 78
1922 – Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (inkblot test – Rorschach test), dies at 37
1930 – Zewditu, Empress of Ethiopia (1916-30), dies at 53
1932 – John Morrill, American baseball first baseman and manager (National League pennant: 1877, 78, 83; Boston Red Caps/Beaneaters), dies of pneumonia at 77
1947 – Joe Hardstaff Sr., English cricket batsman (5 Tests; umpire 21 Tests), dies at 64
1961 – Wallingford Riegger, American composer (Bacchangle), dies at 75
1974 – Georges Pompidou, French President (1969-1974) and Prime Minister (1962-1968), dies in Paris at 62
2003 – (Charles) Edwin Starr [Hatcher], American soul and RandB singer (War), dies of a heart attack at 61
2020 – Patricia Bosworth, American actor, journalist, writer, and biographer, dies of COVID-19 complications at 86