1468 – Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395)
1850 – William Lawson explorer of New South Wales, Australia (b. 1774)
1952 – Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist, first to map the entire San Andreas Fault (b. 1861)
1961 – Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (b. 1904)
1975 – Don Robey, American record label executive and record producer, dies at 71
1979 – Liselotte Welskopf-Heinrich, writer, dies at 77
1992 – Joris Diels, Flemish actor and director (It’s a Cruel World, Haagsche Comedy), dies at 89
1996 – David Mourao-Ferreira, poet/politician, dies at 69
2004 – Thanom Kittikachorn, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1912)
2010 – Maureen Forrester, Canadian operatic contralto (Ressurection Symphony), dies at 79