1748 – Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684)
1809 – Sir John Moore, British General, at the Battle of Corunna (b. 1761)
1901 – Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter (b. 1827)
1919 – Jaroslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 19
1966 – Margarete Susman, German-Jewish writer, dies at 91
1974 – Roy Bargy, American pianist and composer (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79
1988 – Ballard Berkeley [Blascheck], British actor (Fawlty Towers, East meets West, The BFG), dies at 83
1997 – Ennis Cosby, son of Bill Cosby, murdered on LA highway at 29
2001 – Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1939)
2018 – Dave Holland, English heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest-Breakin’ the Law), dies at 69