1472 – Charles of Artois, Count of Eu, French military leader (b. 1394)
1833 – Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor (b. 1765)
1871 – Cristina Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess and politician, dies at 63
1927 – Albrecht Kossel, German physician (Nobel 1910), dies at 73
1948 – Carole Landis [Frances Ridste], American actress (I Wake Up Screaming, One Million BC, Topper Returns), allegedly commits suicide at 29
1969 – Leo McCarey, American film director (The Awful Truth), dies at 70
1975 – Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano, dies at 82
1979 – Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player (26 Grand Slam doubles titles), dies at 87
2004 – Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923)
2015 – Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-born American Physicist (Nobel Prize 2008), dies at 94