1643 – Hendrik Brouwer, Dutch explorer and Governor of the Dutch East Indies (1632-36), dies on an expedition to Chile at 62
1798 – Johann Gottlieb Sollner, German composer and theologian, dies at 65
1834 – Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and merchant who invented the programmable loom (Jacquard loom), forerunner to today’s computers, dies at 82
1902 – Rudolf von Bennigsen, German lawyer and politician, dies at 78
1960 – Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian luxury shoe designer (Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.), dies at 62
1970 – Syd Buller, English cricket umpire (33 Tests 1956-69), dies at 60
1991 – Shapur Bahktiar, Iranian politician, Prime Minister of Iran (1979), assassinated at 77
1999 – Brion James, American actor (b. 1945)
2023 – William Friedkin, American film director, producer, writer (The Exorcist; The French Connection), dies of heart failure at 87
2023 – DJ Casper [William Perry Jr.], American club DJ and songwriter (“Cha Cha Slide”), dies of cancer at 58