1554 – Lord Guildford Dudley, Jane Grey’s husband, beheaded at about 19 for treason
1624 – George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563)
1762 – Laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68
1789 – Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary War patriot (lead the Green Mountain Boys), dies of an apoplectic fit at 51
1960 – Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World’s funniest circus clown), dies at 71
1965 – Henry Kulky [Kulakowich], American actor (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Love Nest), dies from a heart attack at 53
1989 – Mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83
1991 – Robert F. Wagner Jr., Mayor of New York City (Democrat: 1954-65), dies at 80
1995 – Earring George Mayweather, American blues harmonica player, dies of liver cancer at 66
2013 – Hennadiy Udovenko, Ukranian politician and diplomat (UN General Assembly President, 1997-98), dies at 81