1225 – Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40
1837 – Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American newspaper publisher and abolitionist, murdered at 34
1913 – Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist, explorer and co-discoverer of the theory of evolution through natural selection, dies at 90
1919 – Hugo Haase, German MP (SPD), murdered at 56
1945 – Alfred Dipper, cricketer (England batsman scored in only Test), dies
1978 – Janet Flanner, American journalist (New Yorker), dies at 86
1995 – Melvin “Slappy” White, American comedian and actor, dies of heart attack at 74
2002 – Charles Hambro, English banker, multi-millionaire and CEO (Hambros), dies at 72
2005 – Harry Thompson, English-born comedian and novelist (b. 1960)
2006 – Bryan Pata, American football defensive tackle (University of Miami) (murdered) (b. 1981)