1722 – Johann Kuhnau, Bohemian organist, choirmaster, and composer (Biblical Sonatas), dies at 62
1791 – Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (b. 1718)
1906 – Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1842)
1981 – Philo McCullough, actor (Branded, Ridin’ Thru), dies
1995 – Jan Decadt Flemish composer, dies at 81
1995 – Bettina Vernon-Warren, Austrian ‘Bodenwieser’ dancer, dies at 75
2001 – Pedro Laín Entralgo, Spanish writer, medical and humanist, dies at 93
2002 – Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones), dies of a heroin overdose at 51
2015 – Richard Johnson, British stage and screen actor and producer (Never So Few, Restless, Beyond the Door), dies at 87
2018 – Kate Spade, American fashion designer, commits suicide by hanging at 55