352 – Maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies
413 – Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint
1695 – Jacob Abendana, Spanish scholar (b. 1630)
1918 – George Reid, fourth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
1929 – Rainis [Jānis Pliekšāns], Latvian poet and playwright, dies at 64
1961 – Carl Hermann, German physicist, dies at 63
1975 – Doc Alexander, American College Football Hall of Fame guard (Syracuse; All Pro 1921, 22; Rochester Jeffersons; NFL C’ship 1925; NY Giants), dies at 78
1993 – Herman Nieland, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 82
2000 – Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (Wonderland), dies at 66
2009 – Willy Ronis, French photographer (b. 1910)