1758) 1863 – Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825) 1879 – Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797) 1887 – Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808) 1897 – Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818) 1898 – Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824) 1901–present 1902 – James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836) 1902 – John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853) 1909 – Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842) 1911 – William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830) 1920 – Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (b. 1855) 1921 – Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861) 1928 – Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871) 1930 – Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874) 1934 – Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1863) 1937 – Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1897) 1940 – Johnny Dodds, American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892) 1944 – Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881) 1944 – Michael Wittmann, German commander (b. 1914) 1950 – Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (b. 1879) 1959 – Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (b. 1902) 1965 – Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1916) 1969 – Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (b. 1896) 1971 – Freddie Spencer Chapman, English lieutenant (b. 1907) 1973 – Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian and author (b. 1898) 1974 – Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1882) 1975 – Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (b. 1928) 1979 – Nicholas Monsarrat, English lieutenant and author (b. 1910) 1980 – Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1910) 1981 – Thomas McElwee, Irish republican and PIRA volunteer (b. 1957) 1982 – Eric Brandon, English racing driver and businessman (b. 1920) 1984 – Richard Deacon, American actor (b. 1921) 1984 – Ellen Raskin, American author and illustrator (b. 1928) 1985 – Louise Brooks, American actress (b. 1906) 1987 – Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician and physicist (b. 1903) 1988 – Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914) 1988 – Alan Napier, English actor (b. 1903) 1991 – James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930) 1992 – Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Iranian religious leader and scholar (b. 1899) 1996 – Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize