1790 – Flora MacDonald, Scottish woman who helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape, buried in the sheet he slept in at 67 or 68
1926 – Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b. 1841)
1945 – Lena Baker, American murderer, convicted of capital murder of her employer, Ernest Knight, dies at 44
1992 – Yevgeny Yevstigneev, Russian actor (Welcome Kosta), dies at 65
1994 – Joe Daley, American jazz tenor, clarinet and flute player, dies at 75
2003 – Gerhard Rosenfeld, German opera and film score composer, dies at 72
2013 – Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela, dies from respiratory failure at 58
2014 – Geoff Edwards, American game show host, dies from pneumonia at 83
2017 – Kurt Moll, German bass opera singer, dies at 78
2018 – Helmut Maucher, German businessman, CEO of Nestlé (1990-97), dies at 90