1576 – Joachim Hopperus, Frisian lawyer and politician, dies at 53
1688 – Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Neth grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54
1816 – Charles Stanhope, 3rd earl Stanhope, English radical politician and scientist, dies at 63
1885 – Ferdinand II, German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry and King of Portugal (1837-53), dies at 69
1939 – Tom McKibbin, Australian cricketer (5 Tests for Aust 1895-1898, 17 wkts), dies at 69
1972 – Edward Earle, Canadian actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90
1977 – Wilfred Kitching, the 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893)
1991 – Horatio Luro, American horse trainer (Decidedly, Northern Dancer), dies at 90
2010 – Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American political scientist (b. 1940)
2014 – Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer, dies at 92