1607 – Pomponne de Bellièvre, chancellor of France (b. 1529)
1930 – Carl Panzram, American serial killer and rapist, dies at 38
1931 – John Thomson, football player who died in an accidental collision during a match (b. 1909)
1932 – Francisco Acebal, Spanish novelist, playwright and journalist (b. 1866)
1976 – A E R Gilligan, cricketer (11 Tests for England 1922-25), dies
1988 – Lawrence Brown, American trombonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra), dies at 81
1990 – Beppo Brem, actor (Frontgockel), dies of heart failure at 84
1996 – Leonard Katzman, TV producer, dies at 69
2002 – John “Jackie” Kelk, American actor and stand-up comedian (The Aldrich Family, The Adventures of Superman), dies of a lung infection at 79
2016 – Hugh O’Brian, American actor (Wyatt Earp, Search), dies at 91