1680 – René Le Bossu, French critic (b. 1631)
1696 – Jean Domat, French jurist, dies at 70
1698 – Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman, dies at 75
1801 – Christian Friedrich Penzel, German musician and composer, dies at 63
1932 – George Eastman, American inventor (Kodak camera and founder of the Eastman Kodak Company), shoots himself in the heart at 77
1992 – Jean Poiret [Jean-Gustave Poiré], French actor, director, and screenwriter (La Cage Aux Folles), dies at 65
1997 – Lucy Kroll, American talent agent, dies at 87
1997 – John Curtis Jr, pres/CEO (Luby’s Cafe), commits suicide at 58
2003 – Jean-Luc Lagardère, French publisher (b. 1928)
2014 – Werner Rackwitz, German musicologist (Handel-Renaissance), dies at 84