1453 – Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)
1510 – Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer
1665 – Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies
1891 – George Hearst, American businessman and politician (U.S. Senator from California), dies at 70
1959 – Maxwell Anderson, American dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70
1989 – Hermann Burger, Swiss poet and writer, dies at 46
1993 – Ruby Keeler, Canadian actress, singer, and dancer (42nd Street, Dames), dies of cancer at 82
1994 – Leopoldina Poldi Feichtegger Gerhard, dies at 90
2015 – Anthony Mason, American NBA forward (NY Knicks, Charlotte Hornets), dies at 48 of a heart attack
2018 – Harvey Schmidt, American musical theatre composer and illustrator (The Fantasticks), dies of complications of congestive heart failure at 88