1458 – Alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I), dies
1814 – Johann Friedrich Reichardt, German composer, dies at 61
1876 – Harriet Martineau, British controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist, dies at 74
1935 – Eugene Augustin Lauste, French inventor (b. 1857)
1962 – Paul Viiding, Estonian poet, dies at 58
1993 – Wolfgang Grams, German RAF-terrorist, shot to death at 40
1996 – Alberto Romero “Cubby” Broccoli, American film producer (James Bond), dies at 87
2008 – Michael Turner, American comic book artist (b. 1971)
2015 – Chris Squire, British progressive rock bassist, founding and longest serving member of Yes, 1969-2014 (“The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)”), dies of acute erythroid leukemia at 67
2018 – Joe Jackson, American talent manager and patriarch of the Jackson family, dies at 89