1479 – Johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81
1625 – Erhard Buttner, German composer, dies at 32
1766 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French architect, dies at 70
1847 – Charles Bent, American fur trader and Governor of New Mexico Territory for 100 days (1846-47), killed at 47
1970 – Hal March [Harold Mendelson], American comedian, actor and TV host ($64,000 Question, Outrage), dies of lung cancer at 49
1980 – Richard Franko Goldman, American educator and composer, dies at 69
1983 – Don Costa, American composer (Hello, Dolly!), arranger, and record producer (Sinatra and Strings; My Way), dies at 57
1991 – Marcel Chaput, French Canadian politician, dies at 72
1996 – Harold Wolpe, South African sociologist, lawyer, and activist, dies at 70
1997 – Adriana Caselotti, voice of Snow White in Disney’s animated film, dies at 70