1897 – Therese of Lisieux, French Roman-Catholic nun, made a saint in 1925, dies of tuberculosis at 24
1948 – Edith Roosevelt, US First Lady and wife of Teddy Roosevelt, dies at 87
1960 – St John Philby, British explorer and Arabist, dies at 75
1983 – William Elliott, American actor (Bridget Loves Bernie – “Otis”; Adam-12- “Officer Grant”), and jazz drummer, dies at 49
1984 – Ellsworth Bunker, US ambassador (South-Vietnam, dies at 90)
1989 – Virgil Thomson, American composer and music critic (Four Saints in Three Acts; Louisiana Story), dies at 92
1996 – Udom Patpongsiri, Thai property developer (Father of the Thai sex industry), dies at 79
2010 – Stephen J. Cannell, American TV producer (The Rockford Files, The A-Team, 21 Jump Street) and writer, dies of melanoma at 69
2012 – César Bolaños, Peruvian electro-acoustic and experimental musician and composer, dies at 81
2021 – José Pérez Francés, Spanish road racing cyclist (Tour de France 1963 overall 3rd), dies at 84