1552 – Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477)
1615 – Mír ‘Imád al-Ḥasaní, Persian calligrapher (Master of the Nasta‘liq style – St. Petersburg Muraqqa), assassinated on Shah’s authorization (b. 1554)
1619 – Miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Kraków, dies
1953 – Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist (considered the father of aerodynamics – discovered the boundary layer), dies at 78
1956 – Constantine Freiherr von Neurath, German foreign minister, dies at 83
1967 – René Magritte, Belgian surrealist painter (This is Not a Pipe), dies at 68
1969 – Stijn Streuvels [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Vlaschaard), dies at 97
2020 – Henk Wullems, Dutch soccer manager (NAC Breda, SBV Vitesse, Go Ahead Eagles, AZ; Indonesia 1996-98), dies from a Cerebral infarction at 84
2021 – Gerd Müller “Der Bomber”, German soccer striker (62 caps; FIFA World Cup 1974; Bayern Munich 453 games, 398 goals), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 75
2021 – Gary Woollard, New Zealand rugby league five eighth (10 Tests; Wellington), dies at 79