1717 – John Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637)
1782 – William Emerson, British mathematician known for his work on fluxions, dies at 81
1910 – Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, French composer, dies at 88
1935 – Ivans [Jacob van Schevichaven], Dutch lawyer and detective writer, dies at 68
1960 – Audrey Wurdemann, American poet, 1935 Pulitzer Prize for “Bright Ambush”, dies at 49
1961 – Nannie Helen Burroughs, American educator and civil rights activist (founded National Training School for Women and Girls), dies at 82
1994 – Dallas Pratt, American collector (The American Museum in Britain), dies at 79
2005 – William Seawell, American Army Brigadier General and CEO of Pan Am, dies at 87
2012 – Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, convicted Lockerbie bomber (Pan Am 103), dies from prostate cancer at 60
2019 – Andrew Hall, English actor (Butterflies – “Russell”), and theater director, dies of cancer at 65
