1530 – Philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies
1721 – Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born British sculptor and woodcarver, dies at 73
1823 – Jacob Abraham de Mist, Dutch statesman, dies at 74
1886 – Per August Olander, composer, dies at 62
1977 – Makarios III [Michail Mouskos], Greek Cypriot clergyman and politician, dies at 63
1977 – Alfred Lunt, American actor (The Guardsman, Sally of the Sawdust), dies at 83
1981 – Roberto Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered at 25
1995 – Jose B M Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader, dies at 88
1995 – Carl Donnell “Kansas” Fields, American jazz drummer, dies at 79
2001 – Christopher Hewett, British actor (b. 1922)