1740 – Frederik Willem I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51
1799 – Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715)
1900 – John Power, Irish baronet and whiskey manufacturer (Powers Whiskey), dies in battle
1952 – Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies
1957 – Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878)
1962 – Henry F. Ashurst, American Democratic politician (U.S. Senator from Arizona), dies at 87
1991 – H N “Swanie” Swanson, literary agent, dies at 91 of a stroke
2006 – Raymond Davis Jr., American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
2019 – Niara Sudarkasa [Gloria Albertha Marshall], American educator and anthropologist (Lincoln College), dies at 80
2020 – Christo [Javacheff], Bulgarian artist and wrapper (Running Fence), dies at 84