1573 – Antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle
1874 – Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (Spectroscopy), dies at 59
1884 – Alexander, Prince of Orange, heir apparent to the Netherlands, dies of typhus at 32
1940 – Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet, writer and critic, drowns at 40
1945 – Josef Hora, Czech writer and poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53
1957 – Donald MacBride, American vaudeville, stage and screen character actor (Topper Returns; The Seven Year Itch; My Friend Irma – “Mr. Clyde”), dies of a heart ailment at 63
1994 – Mark Isfeld, Canadian soldier and combat Engineer, dies from a landmine at 31
2003 – Leon Uris, American novelist (Exodus; Topaz; QB VII), dies of kidney failure at 78
2018 – Charles Krauthammer, American conservative political commentator and psychiatrist (The Washington Post), dies small intestine cancer of at 68
2021 – Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey defenseman (Hobey Baker Award 1984; Stanley Cup 1986 Montreal Canadiens), dies from adenocarcinoma at 58