1552 – Henry II of Bavaria, Bishop of Utrecht (1524-29), Worms (1523-52) and Freising (1541-52), dies at 64
1767 – Luca Antonio Predieri, Italian composer and violinist, dies at 78
1895 – James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman (Currier and Ives), dies at 70
1916 – Grenville M. Dodge, American railroad engineer (Transcontinental Railroad-Union Pacific) and Major General (Union Army), dies at 84
1945 – Théodore “Fyodor” Akimenko, Ukrainian composer, dies at 68
1965 – Julius Tannen, American vaudeville comedian, dies at 84
1974 – Arthur Daley, American sportswriter (NY Times-Pulitzer 1956), dies from a heart attack at 69
1999 – Jerry Quarry, American boxer (famous bouts v world champions Floyd Patterson, Jimmy Ellis, Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, Ken Norton), dies of chronic traumatic encephalopathy at 53
2007 – William Verity Jr., United States Secretary of Commerce 1987-1989 (b. 1917)
2012 – Gene Bartow, American College Basketball Hall of Fame coach (US National Team 1974; Valparaiso, Memphis State, Illinois, UCLA), dies of stomach cancer at 81