1816 – Dorothy Jordan, Irish-English actress, courtesan, mistress of future King William IV of the United Kingdom, dies at 65
1863 – George Hull Ward, American general and Union officer in the American Civil War, dies of his wounds at the Battle of Gettysburg at 37
1904 – Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist and founder (Zionist movement), dies at 44
1970 – Frances Parkinson Keyes, American novelist (Dinner at Antoine’s), dies at 84
1977 – Mohammed al-Zahaby, Egyptian minister, murdered by Moslem extremists at 64
1989 – James “Jim” Backus, American actor (Mr Magoo, Rebel Without a Cause, Gilligan’s Island), dies of pneumonia at 76
1992 – Arline Bletcher, American actress, dies of natural causes at 99
1994 – Felix Kelly, New Zealand-born British artist, dies at 80
2013 – Radu Vasile, Prime Minister of Romania (1998-99), dies at 70
2015 – Diana Douglas, Bermudian-born American actress (The Indian Fighter), dies at 92