1543 – Ahmed Gran, sultan of Adal, dies in battle at Wayna Daga
1973 – J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist (Nobel prize 1963), dies at 65
1976 – Frank Arnau [Heinrich Schmitt], German crime fiction writer, dies at 81
1978 – James B Conant, headmaster (Harvard University), dies at 84
1985 – Henry Hathaway, actor and director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86
1989 – George O’Hanlon, american actor and director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71
1991 – Ajla Rachmanova, Russian-Austrian author (Students), dies at 92
1996 – Cyril Poole, English cricketer (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in 3 Tests), dies at 74
1997 – Don Porter, actor (Gidget), dies at 84
2008 – Tom Lantos, member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1928)