1674 – Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, dies at 53
1708 – Herman Witsius [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 72
1927 – Ross Youngs, American Baseball HOF right fielder (World Series 1921, 22; NY Giants), dies of Bright’s disease at 30
1966 – Hewlett Johnson [Red Dean of Canterbury], English bishop, dies at 92
1973 – Pablo Casals [Pau Casals i Defilló], Spanish cellist, conductor and composer, dies at 96
1982 – Savitri Devi [Maximiani Portas], Greek French Nazi writer, dies at 77
1985 – Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian operatic soprano, dies at 91
1994 – David Buchan, Scottish ethno-musicologist, dies at 55
1998 – Eric Ambler, English author of thrillers and spy novels (Epitaph for a Spy), dies at 89
2017 – George Young, Scottish-Australian musician, songwriter and record producer (the Easybeats, Flash and the Pan), dies at 70