1585 – Marc Antoine de Muret, French humanist, dies at 59
1850 – Willem F Mauritius HK, Prince of Orange-Nassau, dies from meningitis at 6
1887 – William A. Wheeler, American politician (19th Vice President of the United States), dies at 67
1954 – Harold Hoffman, (Gov-NJ), dies at 58
1964 – Samuil Marshak, Russian-Soviet writer, translator and children’s poem poet, dies at 76
1966 – Blanche Knopf, American publisher, president of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and wife of publisher Alfred A. Knopf Sr., dies at 71
1973 – Arna Bontemps, American poet (Harlem Renaissance), dies of heart attack at 72 in Nashville
1978 – Jorge de Sena, Portuguese novelist and poet (Reino da Estupidez), dies at 58
1996 – Kudirat Abiola, wife of Moshood Abiola, is assassinated
2007 – Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter (Cry to Me), dies at 74