1680 – Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish-French mystic, dies at 64
1898 – Yakov Petrovich Polonsky Russian poet (Stichotvorenija), dies at 78
1960 – Alfred Hill, Australian-New Zealand composer and conductor (Hinemoa), dies at 90
1973 – Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, German composer, and music educator, dies at 77
1979 – Barnes Wallis, English scientist, engineer and inventor (bouncing bomb), dies at 92
1991 – Ken Hardin, producer, dies at 62
2002 – Rudolf Brucci [Bruči], Italian-Croatian composer (Gilgamesh; Lesta), and educator, dies at 85
2018 – [James] Whitey Bulger, American organized crime boss, killed at 89 shortly after arriving at US Penitentiary Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia
2019 – Don Fraser, American boxing promoter (LA venues; Sugar Ray Robinson, Ruben Olivares, George Foreman; known for colorful wardrobe, offbeat PR gimmicks), dies at 92
2020 – Herb Adderley, American Pro Football HOF cornerback (Super Bowl 1967, 68, 71; 5 x Pro Bowl; 4 × First-team All-Pro; Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys), dies from COVID-19 at 81