1733 – Claude de Forbin, French naval commander, dies at 76
1903 – Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68
1976 – Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (Thermodynamik), dies at 89
1978 – Wesley Bolin, former Governor of the U.S. State of Arizona (b. 1909)
1990 – Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967)
2004 – Stephen Sprouse, American fashion designer (b. 1953)
2006 – Jan Felderhof, Dutch violinist and composer, dies at 98
2010 – Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect (b. 1933)
2011 – Johnny Preston, American pop singer (Running Bear), dies at 71
2011 – Vivienne Harris, British businesswoman and newspaper publisher (b.c. 1921)