1669 – Reyer Anslo, writer/poet, dies at about 42
1691 – Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason
1703 – Charles Perrault, French author and fairy tale writer (Tales of Mother Goose), dies at 75
1782 – Daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies
1805 – Christiaan Brunings, Dutch hydraulic engineer, dies at 68
1938 – Joseph Strauss, American civil engineer (chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge), dies at 68
1952 – Frances Benjamin Johnston, American pioneering female photographer
1996 – Jeremy Boorda, U.S. Navy admiral (25th Chief of Naval Operations), commits suicide at 56
2013 – Paul Shane, English comedian and actor, dies at 72
2020 – Arthur Summons, Australian rugby union fly-half (10 Tests; Gordon RFC) and rugby league five-eighth (9 Tests; Western Suburbs RLFC), dies at 84