1674 – Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597)
1754 – Don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies
1887 – James Buchanan Eads, American engineer and inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis), dies at 66
1920 – Wilhelm Bousset, German theologist and historian, dies at 54
1948 – Emily Bissell, American welfare worker and founder of Christmas Seals, dies at 86
1951 – Honeymoon Killers, dies in electric chair
1988 – Ken Colyer, British New Orleans jazz devotee trumpeter, cornetist, and bandleader, dies at 79
1996 – Alison McCartney, pathologist/Breast Cancer campaigner, dies at 45
2014 – William Guarnere, American WWII veteran and author, portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, dies at 90
2023 – Cruz Miguel OrtÃz Cuadra, Puerto Rican food historian (face of Puerto Rican cuisine), dies at 67