1805 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1782-83), dies at 68
1814 – Franz Volrath Buttstett, German composer, dies at 79
1863 – Amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46
1871 – Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian political reformer (Patriote movement), dies at 84
1915 – Alfred G. Vanderbilt Sr., American businessman and sportsman (New York Central Railway), dies aboard the RMS Lusitania during World War I at 37
1929 – Albert Anselmi, American gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1940 – George Lansbury, British politician, Labour Party Leader and pacifist, dies at 81
1967 – Judith Evelyn [Evelyn Morris], American actress (13th Letter, Tingler, Rear Window), dies of cancer at 54
2006 – Richard Carleton, Australian news reporter (b.1943)
2007 – Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. 1977)