1662 – Gerard Terborch, the elder, Dutch painter, dies
1874 – Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 56
1918 – Karl Ferdinand Braun, German inventor, co-developed wireless telegraphy (Nobel 1909), dies at 67
1951 – Ivanoe Bonomi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873)
1977 – Wilmer Allison, American tennis player (US Nat C’ship 1935), dies at 72
1979 – Peter Donald, British-born American actor and radio host dubbed “one of radio’s great dialecticians” (Masquerade Party), dies at 60
1982 – Archibald MacLeish, American poet (Conquistador) and playwright (J.B.), dies at 89
1992 – Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 69
2008 – VL Mike [Michael Allen], American rapper, shot to death by unknown assailant at 32
2013 – Howard Phillips, American politician, dies from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease at 72