1666 – Gaspar Schott, German scientist (b. 1608)
1819 – Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch naval officer and founder of Dutch Marines Corp, dies at 84
1884 – William T. Wofford, Brigadier General (Confederate Army-American Civil War), dies at 59
1943 – Helen Herron Taft, American First lady (1909-13) wife of President William Howard Taft, planted Washington’s cherry trees, dies at 81
1975 – Robert “Lefty” Grove, American Baseball HOF pitcher (6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1929, 30; AL MVP 1931; Triple Crown 1930, 31; Philadelphia A’s, Boston Red Sox), dies from a heart attack at 75
1998 – John Derek, American actor, director and photographer (Knock on Any Door, All the King’s Men, Rogues of Sherwood Forest), dies at 71
2001 – Jack Watling, British actor (Nanny, Adventure for 2, Naked Heart), dies at 78
2005 – Julia Randall, American poet (b. 1924)
2012 – Wesley Brown, 1st African American US Naval Academy graduate, dies at 85
2017 – Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (MotoGP Champion 2006), dies after being hit by a car at 35
