1579 – Albrecht V von Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 51
1708 – Kowa Seki, Japanese mathematician
1785 – Jean-Jacques Robson, Flemish composer, dies at 64
1944 – Lauri S A Haarla, Finnish writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja), dies at 54
1952 – Frederick Jacobi, American composer, dies at 61
1969 – Otto Jochum, German composer, dies at 71
1985 – Lásló Jósef Bíró, Hungarian inventor (ballpoint pen), dies at 86
1994 – Alexandr Nikolaievich Shelepin, dir of KGB (1958-61), dies
2004 – Randy Dorton, American race car crew member (b. 1954)
2016 – Bobby Vee, American pop singer (Night has a Thousand Eyes), dies at 73