578 – Jacob Baradaeus, Bishop of Edessa and saint, established Syriac Orthodox Church, dies of an illness at 77 or 78
1652 – John Cloppenburg, Dutch Calvinist theologian, dies at 68
1683 – Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France, dies at 44
1947 – George Challenor, West Indian cricketer (played in 1st WI Test side 1928), dies at 59
1948 – Sophonisba Breckenridge, American professor, teacher and social activist (1st woman to graduate from Chicago Uni Law School), dies at 82
1977 – Jorgen Ponto, West German banker, murdered
1982 – Roberta Pedon, American glamour model, dies at 28
1983 – Vasantrao Deshpande, Indian Hindustani vocalist, dies at 63
2006 – Anthony Galla-Rini, American concert accordionist, and arranger, dies at 102
2025 – Michael Lydon, American music journalist and a founding editor of Rolling Stone, dies of complications of Parkinson’s disease at 82