cricketer (b. 1701) 1757 – David Hartley, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1705) 1784 – Junípero Serra, Spanish priest and missionary (b. 1713) 1793 – Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, French general (b. 1740) 1805 – Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader and author (b. 1722) 1818 – Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750) 1820 – Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754) 1839 – William Smith, English geologist and engineer (b. 1769) 1888 – Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835) 1891 – Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814) 1900 – Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (b. 1838) 1901–present 1903 – Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (b. 1822) 1919 – Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872) 1934 – Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858) 1937 – George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854) 1943 – Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870) 1943 – Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894) 1955 – Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941) 1959 – Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American composer and educator (b. 1890) 1965 – Giulio Racah, Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (b. 1909) 1968 – Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic (b. 1887) 1971 – Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889) 1972 – Prince William of Gloucester (b. 1941) 1975 – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) 1976 – Anissa Jones, American actress (b. 1958) 1978 – Bruce Catton, American historian and journalist (b. 1899) 1978 – Robert Shaw, English actor (b. 1927) 1981 – Béla Guttmann, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1899) 1982 – Geoff Chubb, South African cricketer (b. 1911) 1984 – Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian general and politician, 1st President of Egypt (b. 1901) 1985 – Ruth Gordon, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1896) 1986 – Russell Lee, American photographer and journalist (b. 1903) 1987 – John Huston, Irish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906) 1988 – Jean Marchand, Canadian union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1918) 1988 – Max Shulman, American author and screenwriter (b. 1919) 1989 – John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (b. 1950) 1990 – Willy Vandersteen, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1913) 1991 – Alekos Sakellarios, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1913) 1993 – William Stafford, American poet and academic (b. 1914) 1995 – Earl W.