1056 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1046-56), dies at 38
1892 – Bob Dalton, American outlaw of the Old West (leader of the Dalton Gang), killed in failed bank robbery attempt in Coffeyville, Kansas at 23
1933 – Nikolaj N Joedenitsj, Russian general/contra revolutionary, dies at 71
1943 – Leon Roppolo, American early jazz clarinetist, dies at 41
1976 – Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American physical chemist, theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate for his work on thermodynamics, dies of an aneurysm at 72
1981 – Jud Strunk, American singer-songwriter (“Daisy a Day”), and comedian (Laugh-In), dies of aheart attack while piloting a private plane in Maine at 45
2001 – Lou Zara, American writer (Stump the Authors), dies at 91
2011 – Fred Shuttlesworth, American civil rights activist, dies at 89
2014 – Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, choreographer, singer, director and painter (Annie; The Wiz), dies at 84
2025 – Alfa-Betty Olsen, American recording secretary and confidant of Mel Brooks, dies at 88