1635 – Philips de l’Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies
1822 – Franz Adam Veichtner, composer, dies at 81
1889 – Edward Sydney Smith, composer, dies at 49
1894 – Ned Williamson, American baseball player (Chicago White Stockings), dies at 36
1974 – Barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43
1983 – Hergé [Georges Prosper Remi], Belgian comic book creator (The Adventures of Tintin), dies at 75
1994 – Bob Crisp, South African cricketer (9 Tests for South Africa, 20 wickets at 37 35), dies at 82
2001 – Louis Edmonds, American actor (b. 1923)
2003 – Luis Marden, American photojournalist (b. 1913)
2017 – René Préval, President of Haiti (1996-2001, 2006-2011), dies of cardiac arrest at 74