1784 – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer and son of J.S. Bach (Sinfonias 64), dies at 73
1860 – Charles Goodyear, American chemist and manufacturing engineer who invented the vulcanization process for rubber, dies at 59
1883 – Manuel Gregorio Tavárez, Puerto Rican composer, dies at 39
1939 – Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies
1943 – Willem Arondeus, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1964 – Pierre Monteux, French-American conductor (Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1924–34;, Orchestre Symphonique de Paris, 1929–38; San Francisco Symphony, 1936–52), dies at 89
1976 – Anneliese Michel, German woman said to be possessed by demons (b. 1952)
1987 – Snakefinger, British-born musician (b. 1949)
2009 – Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan boxer (3-weight world champion), dies of self inflicted gun wound at 57
2020 – Hugh Downs, American TV journalist (20/20, Concentration), dies at 99