1615 – Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)
1804 – Simon Stijl, Frisian physician and writer, dies at 73
1953 – T. Tertius Noble, English composer, dies at 85
1970 – Allison Beth Krause, American student, killed by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard at Kent State University while protesting against US military at 19
1973 – Jane Bowles, American writer and playwright, dies at 56
1984 – Larry Stock, American singer-songwriter (“Blueberry Hill”; “You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You”), dies at 87
1990 – Don Appell, American writer and director, dies at 70
1996 – Rowley Israel Arenstein, South African attorney, communist and activist (under house arrest for 18 years), dies at 77
2010 – Zvonimir Levačić – Ševa, Croatian humorist and entertainer (b. 1943)
2018 – BN Vijaya Kumar, Indian politician, dies at 59 of a heart attack