1222 – William I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies
1640 – Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies
1854 – Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, German composer, dies at 66
1944 – Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer, dies at 72
1954 – Václav Vačkář, Czech composer and conductor, dies at 72
1989 – Kenneth “Jethro” Burns, American country singer (Homer and Jethro), dies at 69
2007 – José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian World Cup footballer (b. 1925)
2016 – Maurice White, American singer-songwriter (Earth, Wind and Fire – “Shining Star”), dies at 74
2017 – Gervase de Peyer, British clarinetist, dies at 89
2020 – Benito Sarti, Italian soccer defender (6 caps; Juventus, Sampdoria), dies at 83