211 – Lucius Septimius Severus, Emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64
1615 – Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese warlord (b. 1552)
1774 – Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)
1936 – Wilhelm Gustloff, German leader of the Swiss Nazi party (b. 1895)
1956 – Peder Gram, Danish composer, dies at 74
2000 – Doris Coley, American pop singer (The Shirelles – “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”; “Baby It’s You”), dies of breast cancer at 58
2001 – Iannis Xenakis, Romanian-born, Greek-French composer, music theorist, and architect who helped revolutionize 20th century classical music (Metastaseis), dies after several years of serious illness at 78
2016 – Ulf Söderblom, Finnish conductor (Finnish National Opera, 1973-93), and teacher, dies at 85
2020 – Giancarlo Bergamini, Italian fencer (Olympic gold foil, team 1956; silver foil team 1952, individual 1956), dies at 93
2021 – Nolan Porter, American RandB singer-songwriter (“Keep On Keeping On”), dies at 71