1654 – Matei Basarab, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1588)
1886 – Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German writer (Ekkehard), dies at 60
1917 – Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I
1945 – Georg Elser, German failed assassin of Hitler, dies at Dachau concentration camp at 42
1964 – Hesketh Pearson, English biographer and playwright (Writ for Libel), dies at 77
1971 – Will Harridge, American Baseball HOF executive (President American League 1931-59), dies at 87
2005 – Andrea Dworkin, American radical feminist (Pornography: Men Possessing Women), dies of heart failure at 58
2007 – Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and writer (b. 1930)
2019 – Marilynn Smith, American golfer, co-founder LPGA (Titleholders Championship 1963-64), dies at 89
2021 – Ekkehard Fasser, Swiss bobsledder (Olympic gold, four-man 1988; World C’ship gold 1983; World Cup champion 1985-86), dies at 68