1531 – John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded
1550 – Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48
1788 – Jonathan Shipley, British bishop and politician (b. 1714)
1924 – Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863)
1951 – Harold Ross, American magazine editor and co-founded The New Yorker, dies at 59
1985 – Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (Kukla Fran and Ollie), dies at 68
1989 – John Payne, American actor (The Restless Gun, Miracle on 34th Street), dies aged 77
1995 – Kathleen Harrison, English actress (Fast Lady, Big Money), dies at 103
2004 – Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (b. 1921)
2010 – Mark Dailey, Canadian television journalist and announcer (b. 1953)