1683 – Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France, dies at 44
1741 – Wierich PL count von Daun, gov-gen of Austria and Netherlands, dies
1916 – Albert Neisser, German physician who discovered the bacterias that cause gonorrhea and leprosy, dies of septicemia at 61
1970 – George Szell, Hungarian-born American conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70), dies at 73
1980 – Charles McGraw [Butters], American actor (Spartacus, The Birds, The Killers, Smith Family), dies after falling through a glass shower door at 66
1994 – Theo van Scheltinga, skater, dies at 80
1995 – Harry Shorto, British philologist and linguist (A Dictionary of the Mon Inscriptions), dies at 75
2000 – Max Showalter, American actor and composer (Kansas, Niagara, Stockard Channing Show in Caldwell), dies of cancer at 83
2006 – Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist (b. 1904)
2007 – Teoctist, Ex-Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (b. 1915)