1555 – Joanna of Castile (Joanna the mad), wife of Philip I of Castile dies at 75
1971 – Wynton Kelly, American jazz pianist (Dizzy Gillespie; Miles Davis), dies of epileptic seizure at 39
1974 – Carl Jaffe, German actor (1st Man in Space, Escapement), dies at 72
1975 – Josephine Baker, American-French song and dance revue artist (Folies-Bergere), actress, and civil rights activist, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 68
1976 – Paul Ford, American actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74
1988 – Alan Paton, South African author (Cry, the Beloved Country, Too Late the Phalarope) and anti-apartheid activist, dies of cancer at 85
2009 – Kirby Laing, English Construction head (John Laing and Son), dies at 92
2010 – Palito, Filipino comedian (b. 1934)
2016 – Alan Loveday, New Zealand and British violinist, dies at 88
2016 – David Gest, American television producer, dies at 62