1640 – Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61
1806 – Horatio Gates, British-American soldier (general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War), dies at 78
1920 – Moritz B. Cantor, German historian of mathematics, dies at 90
1931 – Khalil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet (The Prophet; Broken Wings; Sand and Foam), painter, and philosopher, dies of cirrhosis of the liver, with incipient tuberculosis, at 48
1938 – Joseph “King” Oliver, American jazz cornet player, composer, bandleader, and mentor to Louis Armstrong, dies of arteriosclerosis at 56
1962 – Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish visual artist and rock bassist (The Beatles, 1960-61), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 21
1968 – Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (b. 1899)
2012 – Ritchie Teeter, American drummer (The Dictators, 1976-79; Twisted Sister, 1980-81), dies of esophageal cancer at 61
2012 – Raymond Aubrac, French Resistance Leader, dies at 97
2016 – Howard Marks, British drug dealer and author (Mr Nice), dies at 70