1811 – Robert Mylne, Scottish architect (b. 1734)
1864 – Alexander Hays, US Union-general-major, dies in battle at 44
1902 – Bret Harte, American author (Outcasts of Poker Flat), dies at 65
1951 – Leo Diegel, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1928-29), dies of throat and lung cancer at 52
1976 – Thomas Burnett Swann, American sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies of cancer at 47
2011 – Arthur Laurents, American playwright (West Side Story: Gypsy), and screenwriter (Rope; Anastasia), dies at 93
2012 – Raman Surendranath, Indian cricket fast bowler (11 Tests, 26 wickets), dies at 75
2017 – Adolph Kiefer, American swimmer (Olympic gold 100m backstroke 1936), dies at 98
2020 – Millie Small, Jamaican ska singer, and songwriter (“My Boy Lollipop”), dies of a stroke at 72
2021 – Del Crandall, American baseball catcher (11 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1957; 4 × Gold Glove Award; Boston/Milwaukee Braves) and manager (Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners), dies at 91