1688 – Jean-Louis Lully, French composer and son of Jean-Baptiste Lully, dies at 21
1744 – Élisabeth Charlotte d’Orléans, Duchess of Lorraine, dies at 68
1795 – Henry Clinton, British army officer and politician, dies at 65
1972 – Andrej Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder, dies at 84
1973 – Irna Phillips, American scriptwriter who created 6 soap operas (Guiding Light), dies at 72
2000 – Victor Borge [Borge Rosenbaum], Danish-American comedian and pianist, dies at 91
2001 – Bola Ige, Nigerian politician, Minister of Justice, murdered at 71
2007 – Michael Kidd, American film and stage choreographer (b. 1915)
2013 – Ricky Lawson, American musician, dies at 59
2013 – Yusef Lateef, American jazz saxophonist and flautist, dies at 93