1648 – Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60
1693 – Willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73
1911 – Jack Edwards, cricketer (1888 Ashes tourist), dies
1972 – Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian premier/sect-gen (NATO, 1957-61), dies at 73
1986 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)
1994 – G de Ru, chairman of Dutch Reformed Synode, dies
2001 – Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910)
2004 – Laura Betti, Italian actress (b. 1927)
2004 – Virginia Grey, American actress (b. 1917)
2009 – Harry Alan Towers, English film producer and screenwriter (b. 1920)