1704 – Menno, Baron van Coehoorn, Dutch military engineer (Coevorden mortar), dies at 63
1793 – Leopold Hofmann, Austrian composer and kapellmeister (Cathedral of St. Stephan, 1772-93), dies at 55
1796 – Pieter Paulus, Dutch Patriot and President of the First National Assembly in The Hague, dies of a serious cold at 42
1962 – Frank Orth, American actor (Boston Blackie; Brothers), dies at 82
1992 – Jack Arnold, American actor and director (Sid Caesar Special, Emmy 1967, Creature From the Black Lagoon), dies at 75
1993 – Laadi Flici, Algerian politician and writer, assassinated at 55
2005 – Andre Norton, American writer (b. 1912)
2006 – Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor, dies at 50
2008 – Roland Arnall, American businessman and U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands, dies at 68
2022 – Peter Bowles, British actor (I, Claudius; Rumpole of the Bailey – “Featherstone”), dies of cancer at 85