1640 – Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies (b. 1562)
1815 – Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist and graphic artist, dies at 58
1936 – Wilhelm Gustloff, German leader of the Swiss Nazi party (b. 1895)
1943 – Frank Calder, British-Canadian 1st NHL president, dies at 65
1954 – Václav Vačkář, Czech composer, known for his marches, conductor, and musicologist, dies at 72
1968 – Gerard den Brabander [Jan Gerardus Jofriet], Dutch poet (Three on One Platform, The Hollow Man), dies at 67
1995 – Betty Davis, British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn, dies
2001 – J. J. Johnson, American jazz trombonist and composer, dies at 77
2006 – Betty Friedan (née Goldstein), American writer (The Feminine Mystique), and feminist (1st President of NOW, 1966-70), dies of congestive heart failure at 85
2008 – Stefan Meller, Polish diplomat and 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs (2005-06), dies at 65