1811 – Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies
1859 – Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50
1892 – John Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67
1901 – John Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, dies during the Second Boer War at 27
1964 – Julius Raab, Austrian Chancellor (1953-61), dies at 72
1993 – Hakija Turajlic, Bosnian vice-premier, murdered
1993 – Asif Nawaz, Pakistani general, dies
1994 – Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Italian actor (Octopus), dies at 52
1998 – Michael Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) dies at 93
2015 – Virginia “Patsy” Garrett, American singer and actress (Nanny and the Professor, Fred Waring’s Pleasure Time), dies at 93