1652 – John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist, dies at 68
1781 – Augustin Ullinger, German composer, dies at 35
1898 – Otto von Bismarck, German “Iron” chancellor, dies at 83
1916 – Albert Neisser, German physician who discovered the bacterias that cause gonorrhea and leprosy, dies of septicemia at 61
1982 – Roberta Pedon, American glamour model, dies at 28
1992 – Joe Shuster, Canadian-American cartoonist (co-creator of Superman), dies at 78
1993 – Donald Myrick, American saxophonist (“If Leaving Me Is Easy, One More Night), is fatally shot by police during a narcotics investigation at 53
1995 – Charles James Dunn, japanese scholar, dies at 80
2004 – Jan Hanus, Czech composer, dies at 89
2007 – William Balchin, English geographer, dies at 91