1653 – Maximilian Teellinck, vicar, dies at about 51
1836 – John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer and road builder who created macadam road surface (asphalt), dies at 80
1882 – Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian conservative statesman and Minister-President of the Kingdom of Prussia (1850-88), dies at 77
1956 – Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist and big band leader (“Opus No. 1”; “I’ll Never Smile Again”; “Yes, Indeed!”), dies at 51
1957 – Aleksei M Remizov, Russian author (Iveren), dies at 80
1973 – John Rostill, English rocker (The Shadows), electrocuted at 31
1979 – Marcel L’Herbier, French director and screenwriter (El Dorado), dies at 91
1988 – Antonio Estévez, Venezuelan composer and conductor (Cantata Criolla), dies at 72
1993 – Imad Aqal, Palestinian Izz-Danish al-Qassem-leader, shot to death
2008 – De’Angelo Wilson, American actor (b. 1979)