1037 – Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen
1941 – John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Challenger), dies at 73
1955 – Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75
1961 – Chen Geng, Chinese military leader (b. 1903)
1972 – Pie Traynor, American baseball hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72
1984 – Evencio Castellanos, Venezuelan pianist, dies at 68
1991 – Jan H. van Roijen, Dutch ambassador to the U.S. and Netherlands Foreign Minister, dies at 85
1993 – Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered
1998 – Derek Barton, British organic chemist (Nobel 1969), dies at 79
2005 – William Lehman, American politician, dies at 91