1759 – Thomas Philip Wallrad de Hénin-Liétard d’Alsace, Cardinal- Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium, dies at 79
1762 – Elizabeth of Russia [Elizaveta Petrovna], Empress of Russia (1741-62) and daughter of Peter the Great, dies at 52
1788 – Johann Schneider, German composer and pupil of Bach, dies at 85
1965 – Nell Craig, American actress (Dr. Kildare (films); The Queen of Sheba), dies at 73
1973 – Cor of Dis sr. [Cornelis Nicolas of Dis sr.], Dutch politician (SGP), dies at 79
1987 – Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-born Canadian cross-country skier (b. 1875)
1989 – Philip Herschkowitz, Romanian composer, dies at 82
1993 – Westley Allan Dodd, American serial murderer and sex offender, dies in 1st hanging in US since 1965 at 31
2018 – Jerry Van Dyke, American actor (My Mother the Car, Coach), dies at 86
2022 – Olga Szabó-Orbán, Romanian fencer (World C’ship gold women’s foil individual 1962, team 1969; Olympic silver individual 1956, bronze team 1968, 72), dies at 83