1469 – Piero di Cosimo de’ Medici [Piero the Gouty], Italian ruler of Florence (1464-69), dies at about 53
1491 – Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies
1789 – Claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter, dies at 75
1942 – Arthur Berson, German meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon), dies at 83
1949 – Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian stage and film actress (The Wolf Man; King’s Row), and teacher (School of Dramatic Art – New York), dies following a house fire at 73
1984 – Virginia Lacy Jones, American librarian and presidential advisor, dies at 72
1992 – Harry Ellerbe, American actor (House of Usher; Magnetic Monster), dies at 91
1992 – Nureddin Al-Atassi, president of Syria (1966-70), dies
2018 – Philip Bosco, American actor (Trading Places, Lend Me a Tenor), dies at 88
2020 – Alison Lurie, American novelist (Pulitzer Prize – Foreign Affairs), dies at 94