1492 – Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded
1837 – Valentino Fioravanti, Italian composer, dies at 72
1878 – Crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815)
1885 – Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818)
1961 – O C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies
1977 – Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking
1982 – James Honeyman-Scott, guitarist (Pretenders), overdoses on drugs
1986 – Maurice DuruflĂ©, French composer and organist (b. 1902)
1994 – Terence de Vere White, Irish novelist (An Affair with the Moon), dies at 82
2007 – Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani, Iranian cleric (b. 1931)