1602 – Emilio de’ Cavalieri, Italian composer
1854 – Willard Richards, American physician and religious leader, dies at 49
1870 – Moshoeshoe I, King of Lesotho (1822-70), dies at about 47
1921 – Sherburne Wesley Burnham, American astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83
1992 – Manuel De Dios Unanue, US anti-drug journalist, murdered at 48
1992 – David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41
1995 – Frank Fidler, English artist, dies at 84
1999 – Herbert Jasper, Canadian physiologist and neurologist, dies at 92
1999 – Stefan Schnabel, German actor (Anna, Dracula’s Widow, Firefox), dies from a heart attack at 87
2012 – Sid Couchey, American comic book artist, dies at 92