1626 – Cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68
1853 – Gregory Blaxland, Australian explorer (b. 1778)
1943 – Colonel Andrew Summers Rowan, U.S. military officer who gave “a message to Garcia” (b. 1857)
1984 – Alexis Korner, British blues musician (b. 1928)
1990 – Suzuki Sochu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/abbot of Ryutakuji, dies
1992 – Corky Geil, dancer, dies in Long Beach CA at 64
2006 – Harry Magdoff, American magazine editor (b. 1913)
2007 – Tad Jones, American jazz music historian (b. 1952)
2012 – Elizabeth Brumfiel, American feminist archaeologist, dies of cancer at 66
2016 – Dale Bumpers, American politician (Sen-D Arkansas, 1975-99), dies at 90