1754 – Tanacharison, Catawba Indian chief
1863 – Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Dutch politician (1st Dutch PM as Chairman of the Council of Ministers 1848), dies at 69
1946 – Barney Oldfield, American auto racer (International Motorsports Hall of Fame; first to drive at 60mph on circular track), dies of a heart attack at 67
1991 – Leonard C. Odell, American entrepreneur who wrote 7,000 Burma Shave poems, dies at 83
1994 – Scoville “Toby” Browne, American jazz saxophone and clarinet player, dies at 84
1996 – Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese film director and screenwriter (Joi-uchi), dies at 80
2018 – Will Vinton, American Emmy Award-winning animator and filmmaker (Claymation Christmas Celebration, Adventures in Wonderland, The PJs), dies from multiple myeloma at 70
2018 – Audrey Wells, American screenwriter and director (Under the Tuscan Sun, Guinevere), dies of cancer at 58
2019 – Diahann Carroll [Carol Diann Johnson] American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (No Strings; Julia; Claudine; Dynasty – “Dominique”), dies of cancer at 84
2022 – Günter Lamprecht, German actor (Berlin Alexanderplatz, The World on a Wire), dies at 92