1679 – Jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried
1809 – John “Christmas” Beckwith, composer, dies at 58
1898 – Samuel Plimsoll, English MP (Folkestone), dies at 74
1933 – William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner, dies at 88
1963 – Paul Maxey, American actor (The Narrow Margin, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies from a heart attack at 56
1975 – SatÅ Eisaku, Japanese Prime Minister (1964-72), (Nobel 1974), dies at 74
1981 – Carleton Coon, American anthropologist (What in the World), dies at 76
1995 – Estelle Brody, actress (Safari, Kitty, Plaything), dies at 94
1995 – Jean-Patrick Manchette, French thriller writer (3 to Kill, The Prone Gunman), dies at 52
2004 – Jonathan D Kramer, American composer (Notta Sonata), dies of leukaemia at 61