1641 – Xu Xiake, Chinese adventurer (b. 1587)
1901 – Peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (High Mass), dies at 66
1955 – Clémentine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte V, dies at 82
1975 – George Stevens, American director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70
1977 – Henry Hull, American actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86
1992 – Red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76
1993 – Wells Root, American screenwriter (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 92
2004 – Robert Pastorelli, American actor (b. 1954)
2012 – Leslie Cochran, American peace activist and police critic, dies from head trauma at 60
2014 – William Guarnere, American WWII veteran, dies at 90