1443 – Niccolo d’Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies at 70
1884 – Hermanus Willem Witteveen, Dutch theologist, dies at 69
1977 – James Jones, American novelist (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), dies at 55
1986 – Dirk de Vroome, Dutch campaigner and Limbourg activist, dies at 60
2001 – William T. Stearn, British botanist, dies at 90
2001 – James E. Myers, American songwriter (Rock Around the Clock) and producer, dies at 81
2007 – Dwight Wilson, second-to-last Canadian WWI veteran, dies at 106
2008 – Nuala O’Faolain, Irish journalist, dies at 68
2015 – Christopher Wood, English screenwriter and novelist (Confessions), dies at 79
2018 – Omar Daoud, Libyan footballer, dies in a traffic collision at 35