1202 – King Sverre of Norway (1184-1202), dies
1566 – David Rizzio, Italian secretary of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered by Protestant nobles
1706 – Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52
1747 – Jacob Campo Weyerman, Dutch painter and writer active during the Dutch Enlightenment, dies at 69
1975 – Shirley Ross [Bernice Maude Gaunt], American actress (Cafe Society, Prison Farm, Waikiki Wedding), dies of cancer at 62
1981 – Max Delbrück, German-American biologist and molecular geneticist (bacteriophage, Nobel Prize 1969), dies at 74
1983 – Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist famous for his work on neurotransmitters (Nobel 1970), dies at 78
2000 – Ivo Robić, Croatian singer and songwriter (b. 1923)
2005 – Chris LeDoux, American country singer (Ridin’ for a Fall), dies at 56
2012 – Peter Bergman, American Comedian, dies from leukemia at 72