1512 – Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena
1670 – Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer, dies at 83
1815 – Roman Hoffstetter, German classical composer, dies at 73
1860 – Johannes Frederik Fröhlich, Danish composer, dies at 53
1968 – Doris Lloyd, actress (Oliver Twist), dies of heart strain at 71
1973 – George Breakstone, actor and director (Great Expectations), dies at 53
1980 – Ida Kaminska, actress (Shop on Main Street), dies
1981 – Patsy O’Hara, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957)
1983 – Kenneth Clark, English art historian (Civilisation), dies at 79
1995 – Les Aspin, US sec of Defense (1993-95), dies of stroke at 56