1841 – Augustin P de Candolle, Swiss botanist, dies at 63
1888 – Jan van Swieten, Dutch governor of West-Sumatra, dies at 71
1898 – Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (b. 1842)
1902 – Titus AJ van Asch van Wijck, Governor of Suriname (1891-97), dies at 53
1964 – Charles O’Neill, Canadian composer, dies at 82
1966 – Nestor Paiva, American-Portuguese actor (Zorro, The Creature from the Black Lagoon), dies of cancer at 61
1969 – Cecil Dixon, South African cricket off-spinner (1913-14, dismissed Hobbs twice), dies at 78
1976 – Mao Zedong, Chinese revolutionary and Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1949-76), dies of a heart attack at 82
1995 – Ida Carroll, English musician and administrator, dies at 89
2003 – Larry Hovis, American actor (b. 1936)