1649 – Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies
1751 – Adriaen Valckenier, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1737-41), dies at 56
1787 – Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63
1925 – Wilhelm Posse, German composer, dies at 72
1963 – Joseph Self, murderer, executed; last Wash state execution in 25 yrs
1965 – Bernard Baruch, American financier and presidential adviser (Cold War), dies at 94
1980 – Allan Pettersson, Swedish composer, dies at 68
1994 – Louis Benjamin, British showman, dies at 71
1995 – Al Hansen, American artist (Fluxus), found dead at 67
2006 – Claydes Charles Smith, American musician (Kool and The Gang), dies at 57