949 – Herman I, Duke of Swabia
1618 – Giulio Caccini, Italian composer buried at 67
1805 – Friedrich Franz Hůrka, Bohemian operatic tenor, conductor, and composer, dies at 43
1890 – Ludolph Anne Jan Wilt Sloet van de Beele, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1861-66), dies at 84
1917 – Mackenzie Bowell, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (1894-96), dies of pneumonia at 93
1982 – Roy Webb, American film score composer (films of Val Lewton), dies at 94
1982 – Freeman Gosden, American radio and television writer and actor (The Amos ‘n’ Andy Show; Calvin and the Colonel), dies at 83
1991 – Greta Kempton, American artist (b. 1901)
1995 – Gillian Rose, philosopher/writer, dies at 48
1996 – John Duffey, bluegrass guitarist, dobro, and mandolin player (Country Gentlemen), dies of a heart attack at 62