1625 – Nicolò Rubini, Italian composer and cornettist, dies at 50
1738 – Jean-Francois Dandrieu, composer, dies
1891 – George Bancroft, American historian and father of U.S. History, dies at 90
1917 – Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70
1989 – Sterling A Brown, US poet/critic (Southern Road), dies at 87
2002 – Queenie Leonard, American actress (b. 1905)
2003 – Balint Vazsonyi, Hingarian pianist (b. 1936)
2004 – Harry Brecheen, American baseball player (b. 1914)
2012 – Francisco Pulgar Vidal, Peruvian musicologist and composer, dies at 82
2013 – Robert F. Chew, American actor, dies from heart failure at 52