1653 – Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguistic, dies at 65
1843 – Cornelis PJ Elout, military/President of West Sumatra, dies at 47
1918 – Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed
1936 – Nikita Balieff, Armenian vaudevillian and impressario (b. 1876 or 1877)
1951 – Arnold Warren, cricketer (only Test for England), dies
1962 – E. E. Cummings, American poet (Tulips and Chimneys), dies at 67
1995 – Roye England, modeller/museum curator, dies at 88
2001 – Pauline Kael, American film critic (b. 1919)
2002 – W. Clement Stone, American entrepreneur (b. 1902)
2005 – William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)