1725 – John Lovewell, American ranger and Native Indian scalper, dies fighting against Abenaki Indians at 33
1846 – Giacomo Cordella, Italian composer, dies at 59
1941 – Heinrich Zöllner, German composer, dies at 86
1947 – Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-born department store founder (b. 1858)
1967 – Elmer Rice, American playwright (Pulitzer-Street Scene) and novelist, dies at 74
1979 – Talcott Parsons, American sociologist, dies at 76
1990 – Tomas O’Fiach [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies of a heart attack at 66
1994 – George Peppard, American actor (Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Banacek, A-Team, Blue Max), dies at 65
2006 – Viola Mae Wilkerson, American pop singer (“Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now”), dies of cancer at 69
2017 – Robert Gutter, American conductor and teacher (founded International Institute for Conductors, 1996), dies at 78