869 – Saint Cyril, Greek monk, scholar, theologian and linguist (b. 827) Called “apostle of Slavs”
1780 – William Blackstone, English jurist (Blackstone’s Commentaries), dies at 56
1841 – Antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65
1873 – Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer, dies at 52
1950 – Eduard Hermann, German linguist (Homer), dies at 80
1955 – Charles Cuvillier, French composer of operetta (The Naughty Princess), dies at 77
1975 – Heintje Davids, [Hendrika David], Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 87
1990 – Tony Holiday, German singer
1995 – Patricia Highsmith, writer, dies at 74
2005 – Rafik Hariri, Lebanese politician and billionaire businessman (b. 1944)