999 – Saint Adelaide, Holy Roman Empress, wife of Emperor Otto I and regent to Otto II, dies at about 68
1783 – Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84
1897 – Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin sur les Alpes), dies at 57
1956 – Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist and writer, dies at 66
1960 – Anna Luther, silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at 63
1982 – Colin Chapman, English engineer and automobile manufacturer, founder of Lotus Cars, dies at 54
1990 – Douglas Campbell, American aviator and World War I flying ace, dies at 94
2005 – John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)
2010 – Mary Jane Odell, American politician and journalist, Iowa Secretary of State, dies at 87
2015 – Aafje Heynis, Dutch singer (contralto), dies at 91