1782 – Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, wife of Thomas Jefferson (b. 1748)
1863 – Lucius March Walker, Confederate brigadier general (in duel), dies at 33
1941 – Hugo Loudon, president-director (Royal Oil), dies at 81
1944 – Robert Lejour, Belgian lawyer/resistance fighter, murdered
1950 – Olaf Stapledon, British writer and philosopher (b. 1886)
1951 – Joe Falcaro, American bowler (National Match Game champion 1929-33), dies at 55
1959 – Kay Kendall [Justine McCarthy], British actress (Genevieve, The Constant Husband, Les Girls), dies of leukaemia at 32
1981 – Joseph Yasser, Russian-American composer, dies at 88
2005 – Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet (b. 1929)
2020 – Lou Brock, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1964, 67; 8 × NL stolen base leader; St Louis Cardinals), dies from multiple myeloma at 81