1835 – Francis II, last Holy Roman Emperor (1792-1806), Emperor of Austria (1804-35) dies at 67
1882 – Louis Kufferath, German-Belgian composer, dies at 70
1967 – José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1873)
1981 – Tony Gulotta, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1927 3rd), dies at 78
1992 – Sandy Dennis, American Tony and Academy Award-winning stage and screen actress (Any Wednesday; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?; The Out-of-Towners), dies of ovarian cancer at 54
1998 – Henry Steele Commager, American historian (Atlas of Civil War), dies at 95
2001 – John Diamond, British journalist, dies of cancer at 47
2012 – Nydia Ecury, celebrated Afro-Dutch writer, translator and actress (Kantika pa Mama Tera), dies at 86
2013 – Robert Feenstra, Dutch law historian, dies at 92
2023 – Rafael Viñoly, Uruguayan-American architect (20 Fenchurch Street (London); Kimmel Center (Philadelphia); Booth School of Business (Chicago)), dies of an aneurysm at 78