1770 – Theophil “Gottlieb” Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80
1911 – Joseph Dalton Hooker, British botanist and director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, dies at 94
1917 – Mackenzie Bowell, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (1894-96), dies of pneumonia at 93
1958 – Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician (Artus Quellin), dies at 72
1967 – Ron Caldwell, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash
1978 – Ed Wood, American filmmaker and director (Plan 9 from Outer Space), dies of heart failure at 54
1981 – John Kieran, American columnist and author (Natural History of NYC), dies at 89
2002 – Andres Küng, Swedish-Estonian politician and journalist, dies at 57
2008 – Didith Reyes, Filipino singer (b. 1948)
2012 – Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi President, dies from heart surgery complications at 81