1580 – Luis Vaz de Camoes, Portugal’s national poet (Os Lusiados), dies
1607 – John Popham, English politician (Speaker of the House, Lord Chief Justice), dies at 75 or 76
1849 – Friedrich Kalkbrenner, German-French pianist and composer, dies at 63
1849 – Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marshal of France and duke of Isly, dies at 64
1955 – Margaret Abbott, American golfer (1st American woman to win Olympic event, golf 1900), dies at 76
1968 – Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, Russian composer, dies at 65
1996 – Norman Lambert, British restaurateur, dies at 63 (b. 1933)
2016 – Gordie Howe, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (23-time NHL All Star; NHL: Detroit Red Wings; WHA: Houston Aeros), dies of a stroke at 88
2020 – Harry Glickman, American journalist, promoter and sports executive (co-founder NBA Portland Trail Blazers, President 1987-94), dies at 96
2023 – Giannis Markopoulos, Greek composer (Zavara-Katra-Nemia; 24 Dances), dies of cancer at 84