1783 – Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84
1798 – Thomas Pennant, Welsh naturalist, dies at 72
1833 – Friedrich August Kanne, Austrian-German composer, dies at 55
1949 – Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed
1950 – Otto Vrieslander, German composer, dies at 70
1985 – Dick Pollard, cricketer (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies
1993 – Charizma, American Hip-Hop MC (b. 1973)
1997 – Lillian Disney, widow of animator Walt Disney, dies of a stroke at 98
2006 – Taliep Petersen, South African singer and composer (b. 1950)
2011 – Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (Excalibur), dies of esophageal cancer at 75