1646 – Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 49
1703 – Richard Saab, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded
1826 – Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies
1895 – Harry Wright, English Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder and manager (established baseball’s first fully professional team, Cincinnati Red Stockings 1869), dies of a lung ailment at 60
1907 – Alfred Reisenauer, German pianist and composer, dies at 43
1990 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian speedboat racer, businessman and husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco, dies at 30
1996 – Thomas ap Rees, British botanist, dies in a cycling accident at 65
1999 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (b. 1921)
2002 – Robert Krausz, Stock market advisor and investor (b. 1936)
2019 – Vinnie Bell [Gambella], American session guitarist, electric sitar player, and pioneer of electronic effects in pop music, dies at 87