1619 – Thomas Campion, English physician, composer, poet (Poemata), dies at 53
1693 – Benedict Schultheiss, German composer, dies at 39
1734 – Roger North, English biographer (b. 1653)
1932 – Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti Orfici), dies at 46
1938 – Gabrielle d’Annunzio, Italian poet/fascist (Il fuoco), dies at 74
1976 – Jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at 66
1983 – Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-British writer (Darkness at Noon), commits suicide at 77
1988 – Joe Besser, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges, Let’s Make Love, Africa Screams), dies from heart failure at 80
1991 – Scott Huston, American composer, dies at 74
1995 – Edmund Boyd Fisher, publisher, dies at 56