1800 – Niccolò Piccinni, Italian classical, opera, and sacred music composer (Roland; Buona Figliuola), dies at 72
1876 – Franz Graf von Pocci, German founding director of the Munich Marionette Theatre (Punch and Judy), poet, and illustrator of children’s literature (Viola Tricolor: In Picture and Rhyme), dies at 69
1925 – William Hesketh Lever, First Viscount Leverhulme (b. 1851)
1928 – Alexander Spendiaryan, Armenian-Soviet conductor and composer (Three Palms; Yerevan Sketches), dies at 56
1941 – David Wijnkoop, Dutch revolutionary socialist, dies
2011 – Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (British Open 1979, 84, 88, US Masters 1980, 83), dies of brain cancer at 54
2015 – Sir Samuel “Sam” Edwards, Welsh physicist (condensed matter physics), dies at 87
2016 – Chris Mitchell, Scottish footballer, commits suicide at 27
2018 – Maurane [Claudine Luypaerts], Belgian Francophone jazz and chanson singer, dies at 57
2020 – Mike Storen, American sports executive (Indiana Pacers, Atlanta Hawks; ABA Commissioner 1973-76), dies from cancer at 84