1762 – James Bradley, English astronomer, 3rd Royal, discovered Earth’s nutation motion, dies at 69
1860 – John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69
1877 – Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65
1889 – Carli Zoeller, German composer, dies at 49
1947 – Warwick Armstrong, cricketer (50 Tests 1901-21, 2863 runs), dies at 68
1956 – Vladimir Grigor’yevich Zakharov, Soviet-Russian composer, dies at 54
1974 – Patrick Blackett, British physicist (Nobel 1948 – nuclear reaction), dies at 76
2010 – Manohari Singh, Indian saxophonist and part of R.D. Burman’s band (b. 1931)
2015 – Gerhard Zwerenz, German writer and politician, dies at 90
2016 – Héctor Babenco, film director (Kiss of the Spider Woman), dies at 70