1869 – Otis Tufts, American machinist and inventor who built printing machines, steam engines, firefighting equipment and invented the steam pile driver, dies at 65
1872 – Thomas Sully, American portrait painter (Queen Victoria), dies at 89
1951 – Reggie Walker, South African athlete (Olympic gold 100m 1908), dies at 62
1968 – Estelle Hemsley, American actress (Leech Woman, Take a Giant Step), dies at 81
1977 – René Goscinny, French cartoonist (Asterix), dies of cardiac arrest during a routine stress test at 51
1992 – Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (hypothesized “Oort Cloud”), dies at 92
1996 – Lars-Ake Nilsson, diplomat, dies at 53
1997 – James Robert Baker, American novelist, screenwriter (b. 1946)
2000 – Jimmie Davis, American singer and songwriter (You Are My Sunshine), dies at 101
2012 – Elliott Carter, American composer, dies from natural causes at 103