1863 – Elon John Farnsworth, American Brigadier General (Union Army), dies at 25
1863 – Samuel Kosciuzko Zook, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 40
1935 – André Citroën, French automobile pioneer (b. 1878)
1952 – Daniel Zamudio, composer, dies at 64
1973 – Charles Ancerl, Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto), dies at 63
1979 – Louis Durey, French composer, dies at 91
1982 – Henry King, US film director (Song of Bernadette, Gunfighter), dies at 96
1994 – Lewis Alan “Lew” Hoad, tennis star (Wimbledon 1953, 56), dies of a heart attack at 59
2000 – Kemal Sunal, Turkish actor (b. 1944)
2004 – Andrian Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1929)