1543 – Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England
1545 – Roger Grenville, English captain of Mary Rose, drowns
1688 – Cornelis van Aerssen, governor of Suriname (1683-88), murdered at 50
1730 – Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer, dies at 49
1742 – John-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor, dies at 45
1945 – George Barbier, American actor (Tarzan’s Revenge, Wife vs Secretary), dies at 80
1957 – Curzio Malaparte, [Kurt E Suckert], Italian author (Kaputt), dies at 59
1977 – Noel Wien, American aviation pioneer (Wien Air Alaska), dies at 78
1984 – Geert Lubberhuizen, Dutch publisher (Busy Bee), dies at 68
1996 – Pran Nath Chhuttani, Indian physician and teacher, dies at 81