| 2008 | Matthew John Rinaldo, Representative-R-New Jersey 1973 - 1993, died from Parkinson's disease |
| 2002 | Dennis Patrick, actor, Dallas, dies at 84 |
| 2002 | Keene Curtis, actor, starred in original Broadwayproduction of Annie, dies at 77 |
| 2002 | Stephen Ambrose, historian/writer, Band of Brothers, dies at 66 |
| 2000 | Jean Peters, actress, dies at 73 |
| 2000 | Gus Hall, American Businessman |
| 1997 | Adil Carcani, prime minister of Albania (1982-91), dies |
| 1996 | Albert Hughes Williams, teacher/historian, dies at 89 |
| 1996 | Beryl Reid, actress (Yellowbeard, Psychomania), dies at 76 |
| 1996 | Henri Nannen, journalist, dies at 82 |
| 1996 | Rene Lacoste, tennis player, dies at 92 |
| 1995 | Golfredo Corradetti, conductor, dies at 79 |
| 1995 | Henry Roth, novelist (Call it Sleep), dies at 89 |
| 1993 | Gwen Wells, actress (Nashville), dies of cancer at 42 |
| 1993 | Leon Ames, U.S. actor (Mr Ed, Peggy Sue got Married), dies at 90 |
| 1992 | Hughes Rudd, news anchor (CBS Morning News), dies of aneurysm at 71 |
| 1992 | James Marshall, illustrator/author (The Stupids), dies at 50 |
| 1992 | John Hancock, actor (Ike-Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51 |
| 1991 | Daniel Oduber Quiros, president of Costa Rica (1974-1978), dies |
| 1991 | Donald Houston, actor (Battle Hell, Study in Terror), dies at 67 |
| 1990 | Hans Freudenthal, mathematician/director OW&OC (F Institution), dies |
| 1990 | Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese negotiator in Paris (1975), dies at 78 |
| 1989 | Jay Ward, animator (Rocky and His Friends), dies at 69 of cancer |
| 1988 | Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, New York |
| 1987 | Walter H Brattain, U.S. physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956), dies at 85 |
| 1981 | Nils Asther, actor (Son of Lassie, Wild Orchids), dies at 84 |
| 1979 | Clarence Muse, actor, dies at 90 |
| 1979 | Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93 |
| 1974 | Ed Sullivan, TV host (Ed Sullivan Show, Toast of the Town), dies at 73 |
| 1970 | Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90 |
| 1968 | Bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62 |
| 1966 | Clifton Webb, actor (Laura, Razor's Edge), dies of heart attack at 72 |
| 1965 | Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948), dies at 66 |
| 1963 | Henry Daniell, English actor (Woman in Green, Body Snatchers), dies |
| 1959 | K Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67 |
| 1958 | Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer, dies at 59 |
| 1957 | Erich Auerbach, German writer and educator, dies |
| 1953 | Millard Mitchell, actor (12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter), dies at 50 |
| 1948 | Samuel S Hinds, actor (Raven, Test Pilot), dies at 73 |
| 1947 | Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter, dies |
| 1941 | GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies |
| 1926 | Hans E Kinck, Norwegian philological/writer (Driftekaren), dies at 61 |
| 1924 | Anatole France, Jacques Thibault, writer (Ecrivain Francais), dies |
| 1920 | Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist, dies at 86 |
| 1918 | Gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies |
| 1909 | Francisco Ferrer, Spanish anarchist, executed |
| 1905 | Henry Irving, John H Brodribb, English actor (Hamlet), dies at 67 |
| 1869 | Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French writer (Tableau Historique), dies |
| 1855 | Gottfried Rieger, composer, dies at 91 |
| 1825 | Maximiliaan I Jozef, king of Bayern, dies |
| 1822 | Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor, dies at 64 |
| 1819 | Giovanni Battista Gaiani, composer, dies at 61 |
| 1815 | Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15), executed |
| 1812 | Isaac Brock, English general (conquered Detroit), dies in battle |
| 1805 | Johann Christoph Kuhnau, composer, dies at 70 |
| 1795 | William Prescott, American Revolutionary soldier, dies |
| 1777 | Dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52 |
| 1774 | Willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69 |
| 1715 | Nicolas Malebranche, French Philosopher |
| 1708 | Henry van Nassau, mister of Ouwerkerk/Field Marshal, dies at 67 |
| 1701 | Andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer, dies at 47 |
| 1680 | Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 54 |
| 1680 | Francois Roberday, composer, dies at 56 |
| 1652 | Abraham Verhoeven, Flemish printer/newspaper publisher, dies |
| 1643 | Sweder van Haersolte, mister of Swaluwenborch/diplomat, dies at 61 |
| 1601 | Tycho Brahe, greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague |
| 1311 | Gwijde van Names, Flemish marshal (Golden Track), dies at 35 |
| 1093 | Robrecht I, the Fries, Count of Flanders, dies |
| 54 | Claudius, Roman Emperor, dies of poison mushrooms at 63 |
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