1653 – Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral, dies in battle at 55
1730 – Sebastien de Brossard, French composer and music theorist, dies at 74
1896 – Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies
1902 – George Vernon, cricketer (scored 11* and 3 in only England Test), dies
1921 – John M Martin, last confederate congress member, dies
1948 – Kwan-Ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian(b. 1873)
1962 – Ted Husing, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 60
1988 – Arias Arnulfo, 3 time president of Panama (1940-41, 49-51, 68), dies at 86
1997 – Jean-Claude Lauzon, director/writer (Leola), dies in air crash at 43
2002 – Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist, dies at 75