1508 – René II, Duke of Lorraine, dies at 57
1524 – Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death
1746 – Teodorico Pedrini, also known as De Lige, Italian Vincentian priest, musician, composer, and missionary at the imperial court of China (1711-46), dies at 75
1946 – Walter Johnson, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (3 x Triple Crown of Pitching; World Series 1924; AL MVP 1913, 24; Washington Senators), dies from a brain tumour at 59
1988 – Richard Castellano, American actor (The Godfather, Lovers and Other Stranger), dies at 55
1992 – Dan Maskell, English tennis commentator (b. 1908)
1993 – Maroun Bagdadi, Lebanese film director (Little Wars, Veiled Man), dies in an accident at 43
1995 – Phillip Piratin, British communist MP, dies at 88
1996 – John Duffey, bluegrass guitarist, dobro, and mandolin player (Country Gentlemen), dies of a heart attack at 62
2012 – Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi President, dies from heart surgery complications at 81