1522 – Martin Siebenborger, mayor of Vienna, beheaded
1596 – Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
1892 – Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)
1901 – Francesco Crispi, Italian statesman, dies at 82
1939 – Jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909)
1956 – Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton)
1975 – Howard Wendell, American actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Murder Your Wife), dies at 67
1988 – Anne Ramsey, American actress (Throw Mama from the Train), dies of cancer at 59
1988 – Pauline Lafont, daughter of Bernadette, dies in hiking accident at 25
2001 – Percy Stallard, English racing cyclist (b. 1909)