644 – Umar ibn al-Khattāb, Second caliph of Islam dies of injuries after assassination attempt 4 days earlier
1608 – Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen/cavalry commander, dies in battle
1639 – William Cobbold, composer, dies at 79
1857 – Charles Zeuner, German-American composer and organist, dies at 62
1901 – Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli, dies
1913 – Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist, explorer and co-discoverer of the theory of evolution through natural selection, dies at 90
1965 – Friedrich Wildgans, Austrian composer, dies at 52
1978 – Gene Tunney, American boxer, heavyweight boxing champion (1926-28), dies at 80
1998 – Margaret Gowing, English historian (Independence and Deterrence: Britain and Atomic Energy), dies at 77
2002 – Margaret “Peg” Phillips, American actress (Northern Exposure, ER, Suddenly Susan), dies of lung disease at 84