1415 – Eduard, duke of York, dies at 45
1647 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (inventor of barometer), dies at 39
1878 – Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer, dies at 89
1936 – Jaime de Magalhães Lima, Portuguese author and poet (Salmos do Prisoneiro), dies at 76
1944 – Fake Krist, nazi collaborator, killed
1968 – Jean Schlumberger, French writer (Passions), dies at 91
1981 – Ariel Durant, American author (Story of Civilization), dies at 83
1993 – Vladimir Yevgenyevich Preobrazhensky, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 54
1993 – Mary C Lawton, jurist (CIA’s Agency Seal Medallion), dies at 58
2012 – Jacques Barzun, French author, dies at 104