1733 – Reinier V van Hompech, Dutch gen-maj cavalry, dies
1875 – Leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79
1908 – Ouida, English writer (b. 1839)
1917 – Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies
1940 – Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899)
1986 – Horace Smith, cricketer (1 Test NZ v Eng 1933, one wkt at 113), dies
2005 – William Augustus Bootle, American judge (b. 1902)
2010 – Charles Mathias Jr., American Republican politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), dies at 87
2012 – Paavo Berglund, Finnish conductor dies aged 82
2015 – Demis Roussos, Greek singer and performer (Aphrodite’s Child), dies from an undisclosed illness at 68