1589 – Christophe Plantin, French-Belgian book publisher (Officina Plantiniana), dies
1774 – Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English corrupt politician (Chiswick), dies at 68
1883 – Manuel Gregorio Tavárez, Puerto Rican composer, dies at 39
1885 – Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling’s solution), dies at 73
1943 – Auguste Reitsma, Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed
1983 – R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect and inventor (geodesic dome), dies at 87
1988 – Robert Riefling, Norwegian concert pianist, and pedagogue (Royal Danish Academy, 1967-88; Norwegian Academy of Music, 1973-88), dies at 76
1999 – Edward Dmytryk, Canadian film director (Carpetbaggers, Young Lions, Caine Mutiny), dies at 90
2020 – Ida Haendel, Polish-British-Canadian child prodigy violinist, teacher, and author (Woman with Violin), dies of kidney cancer at 91
2023 – Dilano van ‘t Hoff, Dutch race car driver (F4 Spanish Championship, 2021), dies in a crash during Regional European Championship race at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium at 18
