1075 – John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian and patriarch of Constantinople, dies
1895 – Joseph Thomson, Scottish geologist and early African explorer (Thomson’s Gazelle), dies of pneumonia at 37
1916 – Hamish MacCunn, Scottish composer (The Land of the Mountain and the Flood), and teacher, dies at 48
1955 – Rupprecht, last crown prince of Bavaria and German fieldmarshall during WWI, dies at 86
1959 – Prospero Bisquertt, Chilean composer, dies at 78
1961 – Giovanni Battista Angioletti, Italian author (Il giorno del giudizio), dies at 64
1969 – Clarence Dickinson, American composer, dies at 96
1972 – Helen Hoyt, American poet, dies at 85
2011 – Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American immunologist (Nobel 1980 – discovery of genes that regulate immune responses and of the role that some of these genes play in autoimmune diseases), dies at 90
2014 – Rosetta Hightower, American pop singer (The Orlons – “Don’t Hang Up”), dies at 70