1797 – Johann Abraham Sixt, German organist, harpsichord player, and composer, dies at 40
1840 – Juan Galindo, Irish-Honduran soldier, diplomat for Federal Republic of Central America and early Maya archaeologist, killed in battle at about 38
1846 – Joseph Carpue, English surgeon who pioneered early plastic surgery in England, dies at 81
1867 – Kōmei [Osahito], 121st Emperor of Japan (1846-67) during the final years of the Edo period, dies of smallpox at 35
1957 – Grigore Gafencu, Romanian minister of Foreign Affairs (1938-39), dies at 65
1967 – (Raymond) Lee Morgan, American actor (Dungeons of Harrow; The Last of the Fast Guns), dies of heart disease at 64
1983 – Alan Cunningham, British general and last High Commissioner of Palestine (1945-48), dies at 95
1996 – Bob Thiele, American radio broadcaster, and record producer (John Coltrane; B.B. King), dies of kidney failure at 73
2001 – Johnnie Johnson, British fighter pilot (b. 1915)
2017 – Harold Rosen, American engineer (created geosynchronous communications satellite), dies at 90