1685 – Henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies
1773 – Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer, dies at 62
1940 – Joseph Limburg, Dutch lawyer and politician, dies at 73
1958 – Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91
1976 – Samuel Eliot Morison, American historian (Admiral of the Ocean Sea), dies at 88
1986 – Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
1994 – Jan Bakker, Dutch WWII resistance fighter and journalist (Parool), dies at 79
2004 – Clint Warwick [Albert Eccles], English bassist (Moody Blues), dies at 63
2007 – Yolanda King, American actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. (b. 1955)
2008 – Willis Lamb, American physicist (Nobel 1955), dies at 94