744 – al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph (743-744), killed at 35
1743 – Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Dutch jurist who helped develop international law along positivist lines, dies at 69
1930 – José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, political philosopher and activist (b. 1894)
1981 – Eric Hollies, English cricket spin bowler (13 Tests, 44 wickets; dismissed Donald Bradman for 0 in his final Test innings), dies at 68
1993 – John Meefout, Dutch sculptor (Laying Woman), dies at 77
1995 – Cyril Enfield, film Director, dies at 80
1996 – Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Cuban filmmaker (Muerte de un burócrata), dies at 67
1999 – Alexander “Skip” Spence, Canadian-American guitarist, singer and songwriter (Jefferson Airplane), dies of lung cancer at 52
2011 – William A. Rusher, American lawyer and columnist, dies at 87
2020 – Kenneth Gilbert, Canadian harpsichordist, organist, musicologist, and educator, dies at 88