1793 – Francesc Morera i Cots, Valencian composer, dies at 62
1864 – Daniel Davidson Bidwell, magistrate/brigadier general, dies in battle at 45
1912 – E. B. Dwyer, Austalian-born cricketer (Sussex bowler 1906-09), dies at 36
1955 – John Hodiak, American actor (Battleground, A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat), dies from coronary thrombosis at 41
1971 – Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrialist, dies at 89
1987 – Jacqueline du Pre, British cellist, dies at 42
1994 – Oldrich Cernik, Czechoslovakia premier (1968-70), dies at 72
2005 – Corinne Lévesque, wife of Quebec premier René Lévesque (b. 1943)
2005 – Dallas Cook, American musician (Suburban Legends) (b. 1982)
2007 – Michael Maidens, English footballer with Hartlepool United (b. 1987)