1678 – Anna M van Schurman, Dutch poet, spoke 10 languages, dies at about 70
1840 – Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, German composer, dies at 67
1909 – Pauline Staegeman, German feminist, dies
1927 – Charles Boissevain, Dutch editor of Amsterdam Algemeen Handelsblad (1885-1908), dies at 84
1942 – Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
1945 – Peter Van Pels, Jewish Refugee (b. 1926)
1988 – Michael Shaara, American author (Killer angels), dies of a heart attack at 59
1997 – Walter Gotell, German actor (James Bond, From Russia With Love), dies at 73
2015 – Craig Gruber, American rock bassist (Rainbow), dies of cancer at 63
2020 – Millie Small, Jamaican ska singer, and songwriter (“My Boy Lollipop”), dies of a stroke at 72