1745 – Jean-Baptiste-Maurice Quinault, French composer, dies at 57
1826 – Theodor Zwetler, Austrian composer, dies at 67
1903 – Vicente Fidel López, Argentine historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87
1914 – Adrian H Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26
1952 – Arky Vaughn, American Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop (MLB All-Star 1934–42; NL batting champion 1935; NL stolen base leader 1943), drowns whilst fishing at 40
1970 – Del Moore, American comedian and actor (Cal-Bachelor Father), dies at 53
1985 – Taylor Caldwell [Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell], Anglo-American novelist (Dynasty of Death, Dear and Glorious Physician), dies at 84
2001 – Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor, dies at 94
2007 – Charles Vanik, American politician (b. 1918)
2019 – Franco Columbu, Italian bodybuilder, powerlifter, actor and author (Mr. Olympia 1976, 81), dies at 78