1471 – John of Rokycan, Czech Catholic archbishop dies at about 74 [birthdate uncertain]
1838 – Friedrich Johann Eck, German violinist and composer (Concertos pour violon), dies at 70
1914 – Valliamma Mudaliar, took part in Indian passive resistance, dies of a fever contracted in prison
1958 – Theo Harych, German writer, commits suicide at 54
1968 – Peter Arno, American cartoonist (New Yorker), dies at 64
1978 – Phyllis McGinley, American children’s author and poet (Pulitzer Prize 1961), dies at 72
1998 – Jose Maria de Areilza, Sp minister of foreign affairs (1975-76), dies
1999 – Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (b. 1964)
2005 – Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish artist (b. 1929)
2006 – Hilde Domin [Hilde Palm], German writer and poet, dies at 96