1864 – Peter A. Porter, US Union colonel (8th NY), dies in the Battle of Cold Harbour at 36
1900 – Mary Kingsley, English ethnographer and explorer who became the first European to enter parts of Gabon, Africa, dies of typhoid at 37
1981 – Eric Dalton, South African cricket batsman (15 Tests, top score 117), dies at 74
1983 – Ypk van der Fear, Dutch writer (Reade Runen), dies at 75
1986 – Arthur Charles Ernest Hoérée, Belgian-French composer, dies at 89
1987 – Will Sampson, American-Muscogee rodeo performer, actor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: The Yellow Rose; The White Buffalo), and painter, dies of post-surgery kidney failure at 54
1998 – Joseph C. Harsch, American newscaster (Background), dies at 93
2000 – William E. Simon, American businessman, US Secretary of Treasury under Nixon, dies at 72
2014 – Elodie Lauten [Genevieve Schecroun], French-American composer (The Death of Don Juan), dies of cancer at 63
2022 – John Porter, American politician (Rep-R-IL, 1980-2001), dies at 87