1638 – Sybilla Schwarz, German baroque poet, dies at 17
1784 – Denis Diderot, French enlightenment philosopher (Encyclopédie), dies at 70
1917 – Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet (b. 1881)
1981 – mar Torrijos, Panamanian military officer, coup d-etat leader, and dictator (Maximum Leader of the Panamanian Revolution, 1968-81), dies in plane crash at 52
1990 – Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey defenseman (Stanley Cup 1930, 31 Montreal Canadiens), dies at 87
1997 – Edith Fore, American pitchwoman (ad for LifeCall alarm – I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!), dies at 81
2013 – Michael Ansara, American actor (Broken Arrow, Centennial), dies at 91
2022 – Mo Ostin [Ostrofsky], American record company executive (Verve; Reprise; Warner Bros; Dreamworks), dies at 95
2023 – Melaku Worede, Ethiopian plant geneticist and agronomist (helped Ethiopia recover from 1984 famine), dies at 87
2023 – Angus Cloud, American actor (Euphoria), dies of an accidental drug overdose at 25