1631 – John Smith, English explorer (Chesapeake Bay, New England) and leader of the Virginia Colony (Jamestown), dies at 51
1788 – Johann Georg Hamann, German counter-enlightenment philosopher (“Reason is language”), dies at 57
1968 – Ruth St Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91
1980 – Bert Kaempfert, German orchestra leader and songwriter, dies of a stroke at 56
1989 – Lee Quencey Calhoun, hurdler (Olympic gold 1956, 60), dies at 56
1993 – Frank Moro, entertainer, dies
2000 – Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo), dies at 89
2001 – John Lee Hooker, American blues guitarist (Boogie Chillen), dies at 83
2005 – Jaime Cardinal Sin, Filipino Catholic Archbishop of Manila (b. 1928)
2015 – Gunther Schuller, American hornist and jazz composer (1994 Pulitzer Prize), dies at 89