1541 – Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61
1862 – Joseph Funk, early American composer, dies at 84
1868 – Adolphe d’Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist, dies at 66
1957 – Norma Talmadge, American silent screen actress (Within the Law, Sign on Bay), dies at 64
1976 – Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, heir to the throne of Portugal (b. 1907)
1992 – Robert “Bobby” LaKind, American conga player, vocalist, songwriter and occasional backup drummer (The Doobie Brothers), dies from terminal colon cancer at 47
1994 – John Eastburn Boswell, medievalist, dies at 47
1998 – Raemer Schreiber, American Physicist (Manhattan Project) who helped develop the first atomic bomb during World War II and prepared the Fat Man bomb that was used in the bombing of Nagasaki, dies at 88
2003 – Herman Keiser, American golfer (US Masters 1946), dies of Alzheimer’s disease complications at 89
2009 – Rafael Caldera, lawyer, sociologist, writer, speaker, politician, and ex-president of Venezuela (b. 1916)