1802 – Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer, dies at 53
1880 – Arnold Ruge, German political philosopher and writer, dies at 78
1936 – Miguel de Unamuno Jugo, Span philosopher/poet (Cancionero), dies at 72
1950 – Karl Renner, Austrian President (1918-20, 45-50), dies at 80
1968 – Sabin Drăgoi, Romanian composer, dies at 74
1971 – Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (b. 1919)
1980 – Bob Shawkey, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1923, 27; AL ERA leader 1920, New York Yankees), dies at 90
1993 – Lambert Fokkema, founder Dutch Export Combination, dies at 80
1994 – Harri Webb, Welsh poet and nationalist, dies at 74
1996 – Ann Susan Hills, freelance journalist, dies at 55