1786 – Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral, dies at 61
1850 – Sarah Biffin/Beffin, limbless miniature painter, dies
1853 – D Francois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist (chromosome), dies
1883 – Joshua Ratoon Sands, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), dies at 88
1961 – Reggie Spooner, cricketer (England centurion v South Africa 1912), dies
1965 – [John] Selwyn (Brooke) Lloyd, British statesman, dies
1968 – Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (Nude Descending a Staircase), dies at 81
1969 – Katharine Susannah Prichard, novelist (Black Opal), dies at 85
1988 – Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (b. 1906)
2007 – Tex Coulter, American football player (b. 1924)