963 – Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25
1711 – Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (b. 1645)
1889 – Melville Reuben Bissell, American inventor of the carpet sweeper, dies of pneumonia at 45
1891 – Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (b. 1819)
1891 – Théodore de Banville, French writer, dies at 67
1905 – Amalie Skram, Norwegian author (Paa St Jorgen), dies at 58
1996 – Bob Pearce, American wrestler (Olympic gold bantamweight freestyle 1932), dies at 88
1997 – Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter and author (Op Art), dies at 90
2015 – Mike Porcaro, American rock bassist (Toto, 1982-2007 “Stranger In Town”), dies from Lou Gehrig’s disease at 59
2018 – Michael Getler, American journalist and 1st ombudsman appointed by a US broadcasting network (PBS), dies of bile duct cancer at 82