1631 – Christoph Buel, German composer, dies at 57
1849 – Juliette Récamier, French socialite, dies at 71
1857 – Eugène François Vidocq, French criminal and police detective, dies at 81
1956 – Walter Sydney Adams, American astronomer and director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79
1962 – Hans Luther, German politician (Chancellor, 1925-6), dies at 83
1965 – Lode Baekelmans, Belgian writer (Tille), dies at 84
1994 – Alfred James Broomhall, British Protestant Christian medical missionary to China, dies at 82
1996 – Joan Thirkettle, British journalist, dies at 48
1996 – Ademir de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (Brazil national team 1945-53), dies at 73
2007 – Malietoa Tanumafili II, Chief and Head-of-Head of Samoa (1962-2007), dies at 94