1666 – Pieter de Bitter, Dutch admiral (Colombo, Goa), dies
1849 – James Knox Polk, 11th US President (1845-1849), dies in Nashville Tenn at 53
1938 – Ernst L Kirchner, German painter, dies at 58
1958 – François de Vries, Dutch economist, dies at 74
1965 – Steve Cochran [Robert Alexander Cochran], American actor (Mozambique, Gay Senotiys, Dallas), dies from acute infectious edema at 48
1992 – Eddie Lopat, American baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 73
1993 – Mahfoud Boucebi, Algerian psychiatrist, murdered
1994 – Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (Never on Sunday), dies at 68
1994 – Nadia Gray [Nadia Kujnir-Herescu], Romanian actress (Naked Runner, Maniac, Candide), dies at 70
2003 – Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor (World According to Garp, Cocoon), dies at 91