1397 – Francesco Landini, Italian composer
1832 – Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian astronomer, dies at 78
1981 – Tadeusz Baird, Polish composer (Four Essays; Psychodrama; Voices From Afar), co-founder of Warsaw Autumn festival, and educator, dies at 53
1982 – Tom Baker, American actor, dies of a drug overdose in New York at 42
1994 – Richard M Major, US anti-terror specialist (CIA Red Book), dies at 72
1997 – Rudolf Bing, opera manager (NY Met Opera), dies at 95
1997 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (Man’s Search for Meaning) and founder of logotherapy, dies at 92
2006 – Bob Mathias, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1948, 52) and congressman, dies of cancer at 75
2013 – Paul Scoon, Grenadian politician (2nd Governor-General of Grenada (1978-92)), dies at 78
2014 – Norman Gordon, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 20 wickets; Transvaal), dies at 103