1331 – Aboe al-Fida [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies
1670 – Vavasor Powell, Welsh non-conformist leader (b. 1617)
1964 – Willi Bredel, German writer, dies at 63
1965 – Leo van Puyfielde, Belgian art historian and museum curator (worked with Monuments Men during WWII to recover looted artifacts), dies at 83
1974 – Rudolf Dassler, German entrepreneur (founder sportswear company Puma), dies at 76
1977 – Peg Leg Sam [Arthur Jackson], American country blues harmonica player, singer and comedian, dies at 65
1990 – Elliott Roosevelt, American general, writer and son of FDR (Murder in the Oval Office), dies at 80
1991 – Pyke Koch, Dutch magic realism painter (Dolores’ Breakfast), dies at 90
1994 – Wally Halder, Canadian ice hockey forward (Olympic gold 1948, tournament top scorer), dies of cancer at 69
1994 – Robert White, American guitarist (The Funk Brothers), dies of complications from open heart surgery at 57