1495 – Alfonso II, King of Naples (1494-95), dies
1931 – Frederic Cliffe, English composer, dies at 74
1973 – Cyril Allcott, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (6 Tests, 113 runs @ 22.6, 6 wickets; Auckland), dies at 77
1983 – Reinout Willem van Bemmelen, Dutch geologist, dies at 79
1990 – Georgy Flyorov, Soviet-Russian physicist (spontaneous fission, Soviet atomic bomb project), dies at 77
1995 – Gwen Swire, British social worker, dies at 61
1996 – Denis Jenkinson, British motor racing journalist, dies at 74
2003 – Ian Geoghegan, Australian racing driver (b. 1940)
2004 – Helmut Griem, German actor (b. 1932)
2012 – Warren Rudman, American politician (Sen-R-NH, 1980-93), dies at 82