1520 – Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)
1838 – Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62
1947 – Hans Fallada, German writer (Little Man, What Now?), dies at 53
1956 – Savielly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74
1982 – Wies Moens, Belgian writer and historian, dies at 84
1992 – Donald Zimmerman, editor, dies
1996 – Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 86
1997 – Pamela Harriman, US Ambassador (to France), dies of stroke at 76
2011 – Brian Jacques, English author, author of the Redwall series (b. 1939)
2020 – Buddy Cage, American pedal steel guitarist (New Riders of the Purple Sage, Great Speckled Bird), dies from multiple myeloma at 73