1654 – Johann Valentin Andreae, German theologian and writer (claimed to have written Rosicrucian text), dies at 67
1773 – Mentewab, dowager Empress of Ethiopia (b. circa 1706)
1848 – Denis-Auguste Affre, Archbishop of Paris (1840-48) and opponent of King Louis-Philippe, shot to death at 54
1958 – Martinus Ballings, Belgian Jesuit author (Wilskracht/Willpower), dies at 93
1960 – Harry Pollitt, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain dies at 69
1970 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
1992 – Stefanie Ann Sargent, American guitarist (7 Year Bitch), dies of alcohol and heroin overdose at 24
2011 – Betty Callaway, English figure skating coach (Torvill and Dean, Regőczy and Sallay), dies after a fall at 83
2015 – Denis Vigay, British cellist (BBC Symphony; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band), dies at 89
2024 – Landry Nguémo, Cameroonian soccer defensive midfielder (41 caps; Nancy, Bordeaux, Saint-Étienne), dies in a car accident at 38