664 – Deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (655-664), 1st Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury
1762 – Cornelis Hop, Amsterdams regent and diplomat, dies at 77
1789 – Bernard-René de Launay, French governor of the Bastille prison, murdered during the storming of the Bastille (b.1740)
1876 – Thomas Hazlehurst, English Methodist chapel builder, dies at 60
1902 – William Still, African-American abolitionist, businessman and conductor of the Underground Railroad, dies at 80
1953 – Richard von Mises, Austrian scientist and mathematician (probability theory), dies at 70
1980 – Felix Berezin, Russian physicist and mathematician (Berezin integral), dies at 49
1984 – Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (Shaft; The French Connection), dies at 56
2000 – Meredith MacRae, American actress (Petticoat Junction. 1966-70- “Billie Jo”; My Three Sons, 1964-66 – “Sally”), and talk show host, dies of brain cancer at 55
2022 – Pleun Strik, Dutch soccer defender (8 caps, FIFA World Cup 1974 runner-up; PSV Eindhoven 270 games), dies at 78