1584 – Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter (Strasbourg astronomical clock), dies at 44
1931 – Arthemus “Art” Acord, American silent film actor and rodeo champion (Arizona Kid, Hard Fists), commits suicide by poison at 40
1955 – G. G. van der Hoeven, Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC newspaper), dies at 82
1961 – Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (Academy Award, Going My Way), dies at 72
1962 – Hans Lammers, German SS officer and Nazi politician, dies at 82
1969 – Julian Myrick, American tennis promoter (West Side Tennis Club and Forest Hills Stadium), dies at 88
1995 – Dorothy Granger, American actress (Hog Wild, Dentist), dies at about 80
2008 – Mort Garson, Canadian-American composer (“Our Day Will Come”) and Moog synthesizer pioneer, dies of renal failure at 83
2011 – Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (b. 1937)
2017 – Georges Prêtre, classical and opera conductor known for interpretation of Poulenc,, dies at 92