1826 – John Adams, 2nd US President (1797-1801), dies at 90
1850 – William Kirby, English entomologist and original member of the Linnean Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society, dies at 90
1961 – William Franklin “Frank” Smith, American actor (Cowboy and Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days), dies of lung cancer at 83
1969 – Georges Ronsse, Belgian road cyclist (UCI Road World C’ship 1928, 29), dies at 63
1970 – Barnett Newman, American abstract expressionist painter (Black Fire I), dies at 65
1986 – Flor Peeters, Flemish organist and composer (Lied Symphony), dies at 83
1997 – Charles Kuralt, American news anchor (CBS Sunday Morning), dies at 62
2000 – Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Polish writer (b. 1919)
2008 – Evelyn Keyes, American actress (Gone With The Wind), dies at 91
2017 – Gene Conley, American baseball pitcher (4 x MLB All Star; Boston/Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies) and basketball forward (NBA C’ship 1959–1961; Boston Celtics), dies at 86