624 – Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury
1338 – Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)
1935 – Paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80
1936 – Alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73
1948 – Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer, dies at 84
1956 – Henry Stephenson, British actor (Conquest, Little Old NY, Mr Lucky), dies at 85
1960 – John P “John” Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at 84
1960 – Max von Laue, German physicist who discovered the diffraction of X-rays by crystals, dies at 80
1967 – Frank Overton, actor (12 O’Clock High), dies at 48
1975 – Pete Ham, rock musician (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27