1550 – Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53
1814 – Charles Burney, English music historian, dies at 88
1922 – František Ondříček, Czech violinist and composer, dies at 64
1961 – Nils-Eric Fougstedt, Finnish composer (Angoscia, Trittico sinfonico), dies at 50
1983 – Carl Morton, American baseball pitcher (NL Rookie of the Year 1970; Montreal Expos, Atlanta Braves), dies of a heart attack at 39
1993 – Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies
1997 – George Wald, American physiologist and biologist (Nobel Prize 1967, vitamin A in retina), dies at 90
2010 – Michel Chartrand, French Canadian union activist, dies at 93
2012 – George Mesterhazy, Hungarian-American jazz pianist, and arranger, dies at 56
2013 – Marv Harshman, American College/Basketball HOF coach (Pacific Lutheran, Washington State Uni, Uni of Washington; Pac-10 Coach of the Year 1982, 84), dies at 95