1524 – Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake
1756 – Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress as the spouse of Emperor Charles VII, dies at 55
1918 – Ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42
1950 – Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer, dies at 57
1972 – John Mills, New Zealand cricketer (7 Tests for NZ in early 1930’s, 241 runs), dies at 67
1978 – Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and Nobel laureate (b. 1901)
1994 – Yao Yilin, Vice Prime Minister of China (1979), dies
1994 – Stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WWII), dies at 102
1995 – John Heawood, Canadian actor, singer and choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), dies at 75
2004 – José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian soccer defender (21 caps; Vélez Sársfield, Boca Juniors, Nîmes Olympique), dies from gunshot wound in stomach while hunting at 43