1527 – Wendelmoet “Weyntjen” Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic
1951 – Thomas Quinlan, English opera impresario, dies at 70
1968 – Helen Gardner, American silent film actress (Sandra), dies at 84
1975 – Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator (1936-75), dies at 82
1986 – William Bradford Huie, American writer and publisher, dies at 76
2000 – Kalle Päätalo, Finnish novelist (Iijoki), dies at 81
2006 – Robert Altman, American screenwriter, producer and director (The Player, M*A*S*H, Nashville), dies of complications from leukemia at 81
2009 – H.C. Robbins Landon, American musicologist (Haydn: Chronicle and Works), dies at 83
2009 – Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (b. 1925)
2010 – Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (b. 1932)