1644 – Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (El diablo cojuelo), dies at 65
1772 – Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724)
1954 – Hussein Fatemi, Iran Foreign minister, executed
1966 – Evelyn Sears, American tennis player (US National 1907), dies at 91
1969 – Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet, dies at 78
1971 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author (Ox-Bow Incident), dies at 62
1981 – Abel Gance, French movie director (J’accuse), dies at 92
1982 – Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Soviet Union (1964-82), dies of a heart attack at 75
1986 – Francis “King” Clancy, Canadian NHL ice hockey defenseman, 1921-36, 3X Stanley Cup (Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs), referee (1938-49), coach, 1953-56 (Toronto), executive, and trophy namesake, dies of septic shock at 84
1992 – Chuck Connors, American author, actor (The Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa), professional basketball and baseball player, dies at 71