1048 – Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74
1783 – Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (b. 1717)
1908 – Augustus Le Plongeon, French-American photographer and antiquitarian, dies at 83
1940 – George Regas, Greek actor (The Mark of Zorro), dies at 50
1945 – Elisabeth Volkenrath, supervisor at concentration camps (b. 1919)
1976 – Eduard Claudius, writer, dies
1983 – Alexander Schmemann, Orthodox Christian priest and theologian (b. 1921)
1993 – Charles JB Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer: Ogentroost, dies at 87
1994 – Norman Beaton, Guyanese actor (Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn), dies at 60
2008 – Kathy Staff [Minnie Higginbottom], British actress (Mary Reilly, Last of the Summer Wine, Open All Hours), dies from a brain tumour at 80