1793 – Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, dies at 46
1822 – Claude-Louis Berthollet, French chemist, dies at 73
1931 – Jack Chesbro, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (MLB wins leader 1902, 04 [41 wins], NY Highlanders), dies of heart attack at 57
1935 – Billy Sunday, American evangelist (revivals and sermons reflected the emotional upheavals caused by transition from rural to industrial society in the United States), dies at 72
1944 – Hannah Senesh, Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest
1991 – Gene Tierney, American actress (Laura, Leave Her to Heaven, The Razor’s Edge), dies of emphysema at 70
2001 – Anthony Shaffer, English dramatist (Sleuth), dies at 75
2006 – Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine skier (slalom Olympic Gold 1972), dies of cancer at 56
2009 – Ron Sproat, American TV writer and playwright (Dark Shadows), dies at 77
2018 – Hugh McDowell, British cellist (Electric Light Orchestra – “Strange Magic”; “Evil Woman”), dies of cancer at 65