1504 – Engelbert II, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz and viceroy of Luxembourg, dies at 53
1809 – Jean Lannes, French marshal (b. 1769)
1854 – Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34
1900 – John Power, Irish baronet and whiskey manufacturer (Powers Whiskey), dies in battle
1908 – C L “Boy” Johnson, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies
1962 – Henry F. Ashurst, American Democratic politician (U.S. Senator from Arizona), dies at 87
1989 – Terry Drinkwater, American CBS news correspondent, dies at 53 of cancer
1995 – Pavel Sivic, Slovenian composer, dies at 87
2001 – Arlene Francis, American actress and radio and television personality (What’s My Line?), dies at 93
2013 – Jean Stapleton, American actress (Damn Yankees, Klute, All in the Family), dies at 90