1786) 1865 – Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (b. 1806) 1888 – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (b. 1811) 1896 – Francis James Child, American scholar and educator (b. 1825) 1901–present 1911 – Louis Henri Boussenard, French explorer and author (b. 1847) 1915 – William Sprague IV, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1830) 1917 – Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot (b. 1894) 1919 – Quianu Robinson, New Mexican Congressman and political ally of Conrad Hilton (b. 1852) 1921 – Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (b. 1882) 1926 – Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (b. 1875) 1932 – Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilot and businessman, co-founded the RWD Company (b. 1901) 1932 – Franciszek Żwirko, Polish soldier and pilot (b. 1895) 1935 – Charles Norris, American coroner (b. 1867) 1939 – Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1861) 1941 – Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian physician, journalist, and politician, Soviet Ambassador to France (b. 1873) 1948 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (b. 1876) 1949 – Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (b. 1873) 1950 – Jan Smuts, South African field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1870) 1952 – Alfrēds Riekstiņš, Latvian military officer and freedom fighter (d. 1913) 1956 – Billy Bishop, Canadian colonel and pilot (b. 1894) 1957 – Mary Proctor, American astronomer (b. 1862) 1958 – Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1889) 1958 – Robert W. Service, English-French poet and author (b. 1874) 1959 – Paul Douglas, American actor (b. 1907) 1964 – Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, Indian poet and critic (b. 1917) 1965 – Ralph C. Smedley, American educator, founded Toastmasters International (b. 1878) 1966 – Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (b. 1889) 1967 – Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer and academic (b. 1904) 1968 – René Cogny, French general (b. 1904) 1971 – Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician (b. 1894) 1973 – Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (b. 1908) 1973 – Neem Karoli Baba, Indian philosopher and guru 1974 – Lois Lenski, American author and illustrator (b. 1893) 1978 – Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager (b. 1895) 1978 – Georgi Markov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929) 1978 – Janet Parker, English photographer (b.