1696 – Lambert Pietkin, Flemish composer, dies at 83
1834 – Antoine-Vincent Arnault, French writer (Guillaume the Nassau), dies
1911 – Edward Whymper, English mountaineer 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865), dies at 71
1945 – John McCormack, Irish-American tenor (Irish folksongs), dies at 61
1961 – Percy Chapman, English cricket batsman (26 Tests, captain 1926-31, 1 x 100; Kent CCC), dies after a fall at 61
1965 – Ahn Eak-tai, Korean cellist, composer (Aegukga – national anthem of South Korea), and conductor, dies at 58
1984 – Richard Brautigan, American novelist and poet (Trout Fishing in America), takes his own life at 49 [exact date estimated based on forensic investigation]
1994 – Albert de Courtray, French archbishop of Lyon/cardinal, dies at 71
2016 – Edward Albee, American playwright (Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf?), dies at 88
2016 – Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian President (1999-2006) and Prime Minister (1993-94), dies at 95