1591 – Pope Innocent IX [Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope (1591), dies at 72
1828 – Waldemar Thrane, Norwegian composer, dies at 38
1968 – Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician and 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1946-52), dies at 72
1989 – Madoline Thomas, actress (Girl in the Canal), dies
1995 – Doris Grau, American script supervisor, actress and voice artist (Point Blank, King Kong), dies from respiratory failure at 71
1996 – (Marvin John) “Jack” Nance, American stage and screen actor (Eraserhead; Twin Peaks), dies at 53
1997 – Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese novelist (b. 1926)
2005 – Rona Jaffe, American novelist (Mazes and Monsters), dies at 74
2014 – Erik Hansen, Danish canoeist (Olympic gold K-1 1000m 1960; World C’ship gold 1963), dies at 74
2014 – Yolande Donlan, British-American actress (Jigsaw, Expresso Bongo, Penny Princess), dies at 94