1340 – Jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies
1769 – Edward Holyoke, American academic and 9th President of Harvard University, dies at 79
1910 – Francis Seymour Haden, English surgeon and etcher, dies at 91
1948 – Alex Gard, Russian-born caricaturist (b. 1900)
1951 – Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian, dies at 85
1952 – John Dewey, American philosopher (Common Faith), dies at 92
1975 – Dennis Cowan, British rocker (Bonzo Dog Band), dies at 28
1987 – Rashid Karami, 10 time premier of Lebanon, dies in bomb attack at 65
1996 – Michael Fox, American actor (Perry Mason, Quincy, Dallas, Bold and the Beautiful), dies at 75
2004 – William Manchester, American writer (b. 1922)