1879 – George Caleb Bingham, American politician and painter (Country Election), dies at 68
1919 – Paul Deusen, German philosopher/CEO (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft), dies
1930 – Arthur Conan Doyle, British author who brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice, dies at 71
1932 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian, dies at 87
1965 – Bill Hitch, England cricket fast-bowler (7 Tests 1911-21), dies
1967 – Jo Schlesser, French Formula One racing driver (b. 1928)
1973 – Veronica Lake [Constance Ockleman], American actress (Sullivan’s Travels, I Married a Witch), dies from hepatitis and acute kidney injury at 50
1975 – Barbara Brown, American actress dies at 73
1979 – Dalton Conyngham, South African cricket medium-pace bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Natal, Transvaal, Western Province), dies at 82
1985 – Guido Kisch, Czech-American Jewish historian (Jews in medieval Germany), dies at 96