1583 – King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)
1745 – Robert Walpole, 1st British Prime Minister (Whig: 1721-42), dies at 68
1971 – George Wood, England cricket wicket-keeper (v South Africa 1924), dies
1982 – George Lampe, Dutch painter and director (Free Academy), dies at 60
1993 – Robert A. Rushworth, American test pilot (X-15), dies at 68
1995 – Charles Drain, American soul singer, dies at 65
1996 – Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet (Nobel Prize 1979) dies at 84
2002 – R. A. Lafferty, American sci-fi writer (Devil is Dead), dies at 87
2012 – George Tupou V, King of Tonga, dies at 63
2014 – Joseph “Joe” Lala, American musician, actor and singer notable for co-founding the rock band “Blues Image”, dies from complications of lung cancer at 66