1573 – Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504)
1591 – Pope Innocent IX [Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope (1591), dies at 72
1691 – Robert Boyle, Irish scientist (b. 1627)
1825 – Peter Grønland, Danish composer, dies at 64
1959 – Maria Baers, Flemish social worker and founder of the Christian Workers’ Women’s Movement (KAV), dies at 76
1984 – Massa, oldest gorilla on record (b. 1930)
1995 – Doris Grau, American script supervisor, actress and voice artist (Point Blank, King Kong), dies from respiratory failure at 71
1996 – Robert Grant Ferris, British politician, dies at 89
2004 – Artie Shaw [Arthur Arshawsky], American bandleader, jazz clarinetist and actor (Begin the Beguine), dies at 94
2010 – Bobby Farrell, Aruban singer (Boney M) (b. 1949)