1637 – Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord, dies at 65
1924 – Stan Rowley, Australian athlete (Olympic gold 5,000m team, bronze 60m, 100m, 200m 1900), dies at 47
1925 – Francis William Davenport, English composer, dies at 77
1973 – Gus Aiken, American jazz and blues trumpeter (Jenkins Orphanage Band), dies at 70
1983 – Ken Kersey, Canadian jazz pianist, and composer (“Boogie Woogie Cocktail”), dies at 66
1989 – Henk Gortzak [Hendricus Gortzak], Dutch carpenter and politician (CPN/PSP), dies at 57
1996 – Florence Buchsbaum, French theater director (b. 1926)
2004 – Aaron Bank, American OSS officer and founder of the US Army Special Forces (b. 1902)
2005 – Alexander Brott, Canadian violinist, conductor, educator, and composer (McGill Chamber Orchestra), dies at 90
2019 – Michel Sénéchal, French operatic tenor, and educator, dies at 91