1579 – Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)
1889 – Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80
1900 – James Augustine Healy, African American Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80
1923 – Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian scholar of Slavic studies, dies at 85
1946 – Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
1950 – Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist and biochemist, dies at 73
1957 – Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist (bile acids-Nobel 1927), dies at 80
1989 – Ralph Meeker [Rathgeber], American actor (Mister Roberts, Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker), dies of a heart attack at 67
1990 – Herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies
2014 – Chapman Pincher, British journalist and author (about secret service), dies at 100