1665 – Tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies
1864 – Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer and geologist, dies at 71
1865 – King Léopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)
1921 – Viktor Jacobi, composer, dies at 38
1936 – Robert Abel, cricketer (744 runs in 13 Tests for Eng 1888-1902), dies
1986 – Susan Cabot, American actress (Sorority Girl, Carnival Rock), is killed by her son following a psychotic episode at 59
1988 – Richard Castellano, aqctor (Honor thy Father), dies at 55
1992 – Carlomagno Andrade, Equadorian general, dies
2002 – Andres Küng, Swedish-Estonian politician and journalist, dies at 57
2010 – J. Michael Hagopian, Turkish-born American documentarian (b. 1913)