1245 – Johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle, French theologist, dies
1874 – David F Strauss, German theologist, dies at 66
1878 – Elias M. Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum), dies at 83
1932 – [Vincent] Mad Dog Coll, Irish-American mob hitman, murdered at 23 by the Dutch Schultz gang
1972 – Markos Vamvakaris, Greek musician and songwriter (b. 1905)
1985 – William Lyons, British automobile manufacturer, dies at 84
1987 – Harriet MacGibbon, American actress, dies of a pulmonary and cardiac failure at 81
1996 – Mercer Kennedy Ellington, trumpeter bandleader/composer, dies at 76
1998 – William Lambert, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78
2008 – Chua Ek Kay, Singaporean painter (b. 1947)