1158 – Anselm of Havelberg, Brandenburg bishop of Havelberg (1129-55), dies at about 58
1546 – Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies
1638 – Johannes Althusius [Althaut], German lawyer, dies at about 81
1648 – Ibrahim I, 18th Ottoman Sultan (1640-48), dies at 32
1900 – James Edward Keeler, American astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42
1935 – Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (Schottky’s theorem), dies at 84
1976 – Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies
1989 – William Shockley, American physicist who helped invent the transistor (1956 Nobel), who was also known for his racist eugenics views, dies of prostate cancer at 79
1992 – John Cage, American composer (Imaginary Landscape No 1/O’O), dies of a stroke at 79
2010 – Isaac Bonewits, founder of U.S. Druid organization Ar Ndraiocht Fein (b. 1949)