1441 – Jan van Eyck, Flemish painter (The Ghent Altarpiece), dies
1639 – Entonius Walaeus, Dutch Calvinist theologist, dies at 65
1893 – William Scotton, English cricketer (wicket in 15 Tests for Eng), commits suicide at 37
1948 – James Baskett, American actor (Song of the South) 1st African American male to receive an Oscar, dies of heart failure related to diabetes at 44
1967 – Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77
1977 – Alice Paul, American suffragist who founded the National Woman’s Party (NWP), dies at 92
1979 – Betty Evans Grayson, American softball pitcher (National Softball Hall of Fame 1959; Chicago Queens), dies at 53
1996 – Melvin Belli, American lawyer known as “The King of Torts” and “Melvin Bellicose”, dies at 88
2021 – Boris Dmitriyevich Andreyev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 80
2023 – Luis Suárez, Spanish soccer midfielder (32 caps; Barcelona, Inter Milan, Sampdoria) and manager (Spain 1988-91; Cagliari, SPAL, Como, Inter Milan, Deportivo La Coruña), dies at 88