1798 – Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer, conductor and tutor of Ludwig van Beethoven, dies at 49
1824 – Théodore Géricault, French painter (The Raft of the Medusa), dies at 32
1893 – Abner Doubleday, Union general-major and inventor (baseball), dies at 73
1950 – Betsy van den Arend, Dutch [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs), dies at 78
1965 – Ali Mansoer, premier of Persia, murdered
1993 – Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank), dies at 87
1995 – Louis Heren, journalist, dies at 65
1996 – Harold Brodkey, American writer (My Venice), dies at 65
1998 – S P Leary, Texan blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67
2019 – Michel Legrand, French composer, film arranger and jazz musician (Summer of ’42, Windmills of Your Mind), dies at 86