1679 – Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614)
1680 – Ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried
1889 – Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies
1985 – Paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78
1991 – Bernard Castro, patented convertible couch, dies at 87
1993 – Professor D B Deodhar, cricketer (Ind non-Test bat o 30s), dies at 101
2005 – Kaleth Morales, Colombian Vallenato singer (b. 1984)
2006 – Léopold Simoneau, French-Canadian tenor, dies at 90
2007 – Aaron Russo, American political activist, movie producer and director (Trading Places, Wise Guys, The Rose), dies of cancer at 64
2015 – Justin Wilson, English Indycar driver, dies as a result of on track accident at 37