1522 – Martin Siebenborger, mayor of Vienna, beheaded
1794 – Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, German composer, dies at 72
1872 – Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80
1892 – Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)
1956 – Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton)
1988 – Jean-Pierre Ponnele, French opera director (Carmina Burana), dies at 56
1994 – Dorothy Grenfell Williams, radio producer and broadcaster, dies at 60
1996 – Rafael Kubelik, Czech conductor (Cornelia Farooli), dies at 82
2005 – James Booth [David Geeves], British actor and screenwriter (Zulu, Keeping Mum), dies at 77
2012 – Carlo Curley, American classical concert organist dies at 59