1378 – Jan I V van Arkel, bishop of Utrecht/Luik, dies
1627 – Nathaniel Bacon, English painter, dies at 41
1944 – Carl Mayer, Austrian-Jewish actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise), dies of cancer at 49
1949 – Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret artist, dies at 65
1966 – Pauline Boty, English artist, dies of cancer at 29
1978 – Kurt Student, German Luftwaffe general (b. 1890)
1981 – Rushton Moreve, American bass player (b. 1948)
2009 – Onni Palaste, Finnish writer (b. 1917)
2013 – John Stanford, American college baseball coach/administrator (Middle Tennessee), dies at 77
2015 – Val Doonican [Michael Valentine], Irish singer and entertainer, dies at 88