1498 – Vespasiano da’ Bisticci, Italian book seller/writer, dies at about 77
1720 – Johann Samuel Welter, German composer, dies at 69
1833 – William Bainbridge, American naval officer, dies at 59
1938 – Catherine Wolfe Donohue, American watch dial painter, dies of radium poisoning at 35
1942 – William Matthew Finders Petrie, Egyptologist, dies
1958 – Claire Chennault, American aviator and military leader (Flying Tigers), dies at 64
1995 – Rick Ferrell, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (8 x MLB All Star; Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators), dies of arrhythmia at 89
2005 – Al Held, American painter and sculptor (hard edge-style), dies at 76
2016 – James Alan MacPherson, American writer, 1st black writer to win Pulitzer Prize, dies at 72
2017 – Sam Shepard Ill, American actor and playwright (Frances; Crimes of the Heart), dies at 73