1378 – Jan I V van Arkel, bishop of Utrecht/Luik, dies
1627 – Nathaniel Bacon, English painter, dies at 41
1863 – John Fulton Reynolds, Union general-major, dies in battle at 42
1916 – William Booth, English Test cricket batsman (WWI 2 Tests), dies at the Somme at 39
1943 – Coos Hartogh, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1950 – Eliel Saarinen, Finish-American architect (Chicago Tribune building), dies at 76
1981 – Carlos de Oliveira, Portuguese writer (b. 1921)
1990 – Anna Palk, actress (Play it Cool, Frozen Dead), dies of cancer at 48
1996 – Michael Fraser, British Conservative Party political administrator, dies at 80
2001 – Nicolay G. Basov, Soviet physicist who specialized in quantum electronics (laser, maser) and 1964 Nobel laureate, dies at 78