1749 – Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist (1st biography of Johann Sebastian Bach), born in Meeder, Coburg (d. 1818)
1779 – Joachim Nicolas Eggert, Swedish violinist and composer, born in Ginst, Rügen Island, Swedish Pomerania (d. 1813)
1828 – Robert Alexander Cameron, American soldier and newspaper publisher (Union Army), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1894)
1897 – Bob Ysaguirre, American jazz double bass and tuba player (Don Redman Orchestra), born in Belize, British Honduras (d. 1982)
1901 – Charles Evans Whittaker, American Supreme Court justice (1957-62), born near Troy, Kansas (d. 1973)
1908 – Romulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (Acción Democrática: 1945-48, 1959-64) known as “The Father of Venezuelan Democracy”, born in Guatire, Venezuela (d. 1981)
1915 – Gus Lesnevich, American boxer (World Light-Heavyweight C’ship 1941-48), born in Cliffside Park, New Jersey (d. 1964)
1928 – Paul Dooley, American character actor (Sixteen Candles; Strange Brew; Grace Under Fire), comedian, and screenwriter (The Electric Company), born in Parkersburg, West Virginia
1939 – George Haslam, British avant-garde jazz baritone saxophonist, and tárogató player, born in Preston, Lancashire, England
1959 – Ji?í ?unek, Czech politician, born in Zlín, Czechia
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