1809 – Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (b. 1737)
1871 – Cowper Phipps Coles, English inventor (revolving gun turret), drowns at 51
1949 – José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter of political murals (Epic of Culture in New World), dies at 65
1951 – María Montez [Vidal], Dominican actress known as The Queen of Technicolor (Cobra Woman, Arabian Nights), dies of heart seizure at 39
1994 – Terence Young, British film director (Dr No, Thunderball), dies of at 79
1997 – George Crockett Jr., American attorney (founded 1st racially integrated law firm) and politician (Rep-D-MI, 1980-91), dies at 88
2008 – Miljenko “Dino” Dvornik, Croatian singer known as “the Croatian King of Funk”, dies of an overdose at 44
2008 – Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian actor (Ultimul cartus), dies at 76
2011 – Ruslan Salei, Belarusian ice hockey defenceman (917 NHL games; 48 internationals), dies in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash at 36
2016 – Ken Higgs, English cricket fast bowler (15 Tests, 71 wickets, 1 x 50; Lancashire CCC, Leicestershire CCC), dies at 79