1765 – Duke of Cumberland, English politician/uncle of George III, dies
1879 – Joseph Hooker, American General (b. 1814)
1929 – António José de Almeida, Portuguese politician and 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)
1972 – Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
1975 – Joseph Calleia, Maltese-American stage, screen, and radio actor (The Book; Gilda; Touch of Evil), dies at 78
1986 – Robert S. Mulliken, American chemist and physicist (Nobel 1966), dies at 90
1994 – William John Readings, literary theorist, dies at 34
1995 – Louis Levy Jr, music publisher, dies at 84
1996 – Andrew Hutchings, British trade union leader, dies at 88
1997 – Wilfrid Oulton, British Royal Air Force officer, dies at 86