1556 – Richard Chancellor, English explorer, dies in shipwreck off Scotland
1948 – Julius Curtius, German foreign minister (1929- ), dies at 71
1973 – Stringbean, country singer/comedian/banjoist (Hee Haw), dies at 58
1976 – Theodore Besterman, British bibliographer and psychical researcher, dies at 71
1981 – Abel Gance, French movie director (J’accuse), dies at 92
1994 – Louis Nizer, lawyer, dies at 92
1997 – William Alland, American actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 81
1999 – Robert Kramer, American actor and director, dies of meningitis at 60
2000 – Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician, Prime Minister of France, President of the National Assembly, dies at 85
2006 – Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1962)