1716 – Sebastián Durón, Spanish composer, dies at 56
1879 – Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
1910 – Nicolas Kinet, Belgian pilot, dies
1924 – Joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), dies at 66
1957 – John Vernou “Black Jack” Bouvier, father of Jacqueline Kennedy, dies of cancer
1977 – Makarios III [Michail Mouskos], Greek Cypriot clergyman and politician, dies at 63
1990 – Florida Edwards, dies of pneumonia at 79
1993 – James Donald, Scottish actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Vikings, In Which We Serve, Way Ahead), dies of stomach cancer at 76
1995 – Jose B M Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader, dies at 88
2018 – Moshe Mizrahi, Israeli film director (Madame Rosa), dies of pneumonia at 86