1711 – Joan van Hoorn, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1707-09), dies at 57
1788 – Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer, 1st saw Halley’s comet on return, dies at 64
1951 – Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Potasch and Perlemoer, Boefje), dies at 63
1966 – Paul Comtois, French Canadian politician, dies at 70
1979 – Ray Whitley, composer, dies
1982 – Murray the K [Kaufman], American disk jockey (5th Beatle), dies at 60
1985 – Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer (Floris), dies at 47
1992 – Eva A Jessye, American singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir), dies at 97
2002 – Harold Furth, Austrian-American physicist, dies at 72
2004 – Les Gray, English vocalist (Mud-Cat Crept In), dies at 57