1684 – Pieter van den Abeelen, Dutch medallist/jeweller, dies at about 75
1823 – Charles Wolfe, Irish poet, dies at 31
1872 – Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82
1919 – Habibullah Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1901-19), murdered at 46
1920 – Jacinta Marto, witness of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima (b. 1910)
1978 – Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest (b. 1901)
1986 – Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (“…And Ladies of the Club”), dies at 90
1992 – Franc Holden, British astronomer (Binary Stars), dies
2002 – John Thaw, English actor (Inspector Morse), dies of cancer at 60
2008 – Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928)