1550 – Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (b. 1505)
1691 – Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (b. 1639)
1741 – Wierich PL count von DauWirich Philipp von Daun, Austrian nobleman and field marshal, Viceroy of Naples, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, dies at 71
1947 – Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia, dies at 86
1970 – George Szell, Hungarian-born American conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70), dies at 73
1977 – Jorgen Ponto, West German banker, murdered
1983 – Howard Dietz, American lyricist and librettist (“Dancing In The Dark”; “I Guess I’ll Have To Change My Plans”), and MGM executive, dies of Parkinson’s disease at 86
1990 – Ian Gow, British Conservative parliament leader, murdered
1992 – Joe Shuster, Canadian-American cartoonist (co-creator, with Jerry Siegel, of “Superman”), dies of congestive heart failure at 78
2007 – William Balchin, English geographer, dies at 91