1581 – Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies
1917 – Arthur Graeme West, British writer and war poet (The Diary of a Dead Officer), killed by a sniper at about 25
1978 – Ray Noble, English bandleader, comedian and actor (The Very Thought of You), dies at 74
1987 – Tom Sestak, American football player (b. 1936)
1995 – Gracita Morales, Spanish actress (Operation Mata Hari), dies at 66
1996 – Ron Brown, American Secretary of Commerce, dies in an air accident aged 54
2003 – Homer Banks, American singer and songwriter (Be What You Are), dies at 61
2007 – Eddie Robinson, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Grambling 408 wins), dies of Alzheimer’s disease at 88
2013 – Robert Ward, American composer (Pantaloon), dies at 95
2018 – David Edgerton, American entrepreneur and founder of Burger King, dies of complications of surgery at 90