1610 – Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, buried at 32
1831 – John George Schetky, American violoncellist, music teacher and composer, dies at 55
1840 – Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771)
1872 – Kamehameha V, Hawaiian king (b. 1830)
1933 – Emile C Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87
1986 – Paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30
1989 – Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895)
1991 – Robert Q. Lewis, American TV host (Masquerade Party, Robert Q Lewis Show), dies at 70
2000 – Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author (b. 1915)
2007 – Grace Paley, American poet, political activist and teacher (1970 Arts and Letters Award), dies of breast cancer at 84