1637 – Foppe van Aitzema, diplomat, dies at about 57
1806 – Charlotte Turner Smith, British poet and novelist (b. 1749)
1914 – Richard Heuberger, composer, dies at 64
1922 – Hugo Verriest, Flemish writer and poet (Flemish Motion), dies at 81
1927 – Eaton Faning, composer, dies at 77
1980 – Leon Janney (Ramon), American actor (Charly, Stolen Paradise, Hawk), dies of cancer at 63
1991 – Lydia Hodson Copeland, America’s Jr Miss (1972), dies at 37
2001 – Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch composer (b. 1910)
2002 – Erling Persson, Swedish entrepreneur (HandM stores), dies at 85
2020 – Billy Joe Shaver, American country singer-songwriter (“When I Get My Wings”), dies of a stroke at 81