1619 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch lawyer and statesman, beheaded at 71
1839 – Israel Ashkenazi of Shklov, found Ashkenazic community (1815), dies
1866 – Nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician, dies at 69
1901 – Leopoldo Alas, Spanish novelist (La Regenta), dies at 49
1914 – Tip Foster, English cricketer (287 on debut England v Aust SCG 1903), dies at 36
1962 – Franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter, dies at 51
1972 – Dan Blocker, American actor (Tiny-Cimarron City, Hoss-Bonanza), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 43
1974 – Denny Shute, American golfer (British Open 1933, PGA C’ship 1936-37), dies at 69
1993 – Evert “Eef” Dolman, Dutch cyclist (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 47
2011 – Derek Boogaard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1982)