1518 – Marmaduke Constable, English soldier
1827 – Alexey Titov, Russian composer, dies at 58
1882 – Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer, dies at 62
1934 – Willem de Sitter, Dutch scientist (b. 1872)
1939 – Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72
1945 – Francis William Aston, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1877)
1968 – Helen Gardner, silent film actress (Sandra), dies
1993 – Emile Ardolino, American director (Dirty Dancing), dies at 50 of AIDs
2000 – Mike Muuss, American computer programmer (b. 1958)
2004 – Jenny Ross, English musician (Section 25) (b. 1962)