1708 – Jacques Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 51
1887 – Coenraad Johannes van Houten, Dutch chemist and cocoa manufacturer (Dutch process chocolate), dies at 86
1947 – Ed Konetchy, American MLB player, dies at 61
1972 – Roy K. Marshall, American astronomer, TV host (Nature of Things), and first director of Morehead Planetarium, dies at 64
1986 – Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82
1995 – László Kalmár, Hungarian composer (Triangles), dies at 63
1995 – Ulysses Kay, American neoclassical composer (Of New Horizons: Overture), dies of Parkinson’s disease complications at 78
2007 – Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon and known as “Father of the Modern Day Hot-Air Balloon.”, dies at 87
2014 – Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director and writer (Apple Trees; Germany, Pale Mother), dies of cancer at 73
2020 – Larry Kramer, American playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84