1588 – Paolo Veronese (Cagliari), painter, dies
1773 – Florian Johann Deller, Austrian composer, dies at 43
1947 – Charles Bidwill, American NFL team owner (Chicago Cardinals 1933-46), dies of pneumonia at 51
1957 – Johan W Albarda, 1st Dutch SDAP minister (1939-45), dies at 79
1972 – Billy Burke, American golfer (US Open 1931), dies at 69
1975 – Percy Lavon Julian, African American chemist who received 130 patents, pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants, dies at 76
1992 – Frankie Howerd, actor (Carry on Doctor, Up the Front), dies at 70
1994 – Michael Carreras, film Director, dies at 67
1998 – Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
2013 – Patrick Garland, British director (Doll House), dies at 78