1230 – Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies
1515 – Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese admiral, Duke of Goa and Viceroy of Portuguese India, dies at sea in sight of Goa at around 62
1950 – Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian freedom fighter and statesman, dies at 75
1975 – Mukhtar Ashrafi, Soviet-Uzbek composer, dies at 63
1979 – Bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66
1991 – Ray Smith, British actor (And Then You Die), dies at 55
1994 – Henry Phelps Brown, British historian and economist, dies at 88
1996 – Guiseppe Dossetti, politician/priest, dies at 83
2011 – Andy Carey, third baseman for 1950s New York Yankees, dies at 80
2015 – Ken Pogue, Canadian actor (Adderly, Katts and Dog), dies of cancer at 81