1864 – James P. McMahon, US Union colonel (164th NY), dies in the Battle of Cold Harbour at about 29
1865 – Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838)
1898 – Nikolai Afanisev, Russian violinist and composer, dies at 77
1975 – Ozzie Nelson, American big band leader, radio and television actor and producer (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), dies from cancer at 69
1981 – Eric Dalton, South African cricket batsman (15 Tests, top score 117), dies at 74
1991 – Takeshi Nagata, Japanese geophysicist, dies at 78
2000 – Merton Miller, American economist, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1990), dies at 77
2004 – Victor Reuther, American labor leader (United Automobile Workers union), dies at 92
2019 – Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese writer (A Sibila), dies at 96
2021 – F. Lee Bailey, American criminal defense attorney (Sam Sheppard; Boston Strangler; Patty Hearst; OJ Simpson), dies at 87