1597 – Jose de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary, dies
1834 – William Carey, one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society (b. 1761)
1892 – William Grant Stairs, Canadian explorer (b. 1863)
1892 – Taiso Yoshitoshi, Woodblock print artist
1968 – Bernard Cronin, Australian author and journalist (b. 1884)
1978 – Chief Tahachee [Jeff Davis Tahchee Cypert], Cherokee stage and film actor, dies from a heart attack at 74
1992 – Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack
1993 – Ian Mikardo, British politician, dies
1993 – Arthur Alexander, singer/songwriter (You Better Move On), dies at 53
1996 – Edward Morris Bernstein, economist, dies at 91