1793 – Marie Jeanne Becu, Comtesse du Barry, last mistress of Louis XV, beheaded at 50
1799 – Joseph Black, Scottish chemist and physicist known for his discoveries of magnesium, latent heat and carbon dioxide, dies at 71
1890 – Joe Coburn, Irish boxer (Heavyweight C’ship of America 1863-65), dies from tuberculosis at 55
1920 – Karel Kovařovic, Czech composer, dies at 57
1934 – Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, dies at 71
1951 – J Edward Bromberg, Hungarian actor (The Mark of Zorro, Under 2 Flags), dies from a heart attack at 47
1956 – B.R. Ambedkar [Baba Saheb], Indian politician, jurist (architect of the Constitution of India) and social reformer who inspired the Dalit Buddhist Movement, dies after suffering from diabetes at 65
1965 – Alberto Vaccari, Italian jesuit/old testament scholar, dies at 90
1997 – Alan Mouncer, film director and producer, dies at 68
2020 – Petras Bingelis, Lithuania conductor, founder and artistic director (Kaunas State Choir, 1969-2020), dies of Covid-19 at 77