1597 – Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66
1660 – Klaas Geritsz Compaen, Dutch buccaneer and merchant, dies at 72
1772 – Christian Gottlieb Ziegler, German organist, kapellmeister, and composer, dies at 69
1844 – Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, British Prime Minister (Tory: 1801-04), dies at 86
1921 – Hans Haym, German conductor, dies at 60
1973 – Tim Holt [Charles John Holt III], American actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre), dies of bone cancer at 54
1990 – Jack Fletcher, American actor (Calucci’s Department, Once Upon a Mattress), dies of a heart attack at 68
1992 – William Schuman, American composer (Pulitzer Prize, 1943), and administrator (Juilliard, 1945-61; Lincoln Center, 1961-68), dies at 81
2005 – Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter, dies of lung cancer at 60
2010 – Art Van Damme, American jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz), dies at 89