1570 – Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies
1681 – Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter, dies at 45
1894 – Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (b. 1840)
1942 – Robert Bosch, German engineer, inventor (automotive ignition device), and industrialist, dies at 80
1943 – Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor, dies at 73
1955 – Charlie “Bird” Parker, American jazz saxophonist (Ornithology) and composer, dies of pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer at 34 in NYC
1973 – Frankie Frisch, American Baseball HOF infielder (3 x MLB All-Star; 4 x World Series; NL MVP 1931; NY Giants, St.L Cardinals) and manager (St.L Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs), dies at 74
1983 – Yevsei Liberman, Ukraine Soviet economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85
1998 – Beatrice Wood, American artist, ceramist and editor (The Blind Man, inspiration for Titanic film character Rose), dies at 105
2008 – Lazare Ponticelli, the last “poilu”, French foot soldier of World War One, dies at 110 (b. 1897)