1646 – Elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, dies at 72
1847 – Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music, dies at 79
1852 – Louis Braille, French educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for the blind, dies of tuberculosis at 43
1935 – George P Baker, American educator and playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at 68
1939 – Albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies
1945 – Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)
1950 – Isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at 71
1967 – Johnny Keane, American baseball manager (World Series 1964 St. Louis Cardinals; NY Yankees), dies of a heart attack at 55
1985 – Robert W. Welch Jr., American businessman who founded the conservative John Birch Society, dies at 85
1992 – Elaine McKenna, Australian actress (Peg Martin-Cell Block H), dies