947 – Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies
1712 – Yusuf Nabi, Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about 77
1823 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (elementary philosophy), dies at 65
1862 – William Harvey Lamb Wallace, American lawyer and Brigadier General, dies at 40
1939 – Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Il Bacio de Lesba), dies at 75
1945 – Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch artist (The Blue Barge) and resistance fighter, executed at 63
1954 – Auguste Lumière, French photograph and movie pioneer, dies at 81
1955 – Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer, dies at 68
1968 – Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (b. 1899)
2011 – Homer Smith, American football coach (b. 1931)