1580 – Juliana van Stolberg, Engraver of Nassau, dies
1902 – Samuel Butler, British writer (Erewhom), dies at 66
1939 – Frans “Sas” van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas), dies at 73
1967 – Giacomo Russo, Italian racing driver (b. 1937)
1985 – Paul Colin, French poster designer (b. 1892)
1995 – Charles Martin, cartoonist, dies at 85
1996 – Maitland Mackie, farmer, dies at 84
2005 – Manuel Sadosky, Argentine mathematician (b. 1914)
2008 – Jean Delannoy, French actor and director (b. 1908)
2017 – Lord Joffe [Joel Goodman Joffe], South African-born British lawyer (instructing solicitor for Nelson Mandela’s defence team) and businessman, dies at 85