656 – Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.
1790 – Adam Smith, Scottish economist (Wealth of Nations) and moral philosopher, dies at 67
1894 – Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist, dies at 83
1918 – Alexei Trupp, Russian footman and assistant of Tsar Nicholas II, executed at 62
1937 – Henri-Constant-Gabriel Pierne, composer, dies at 73
1987 – Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (b. 1934)
1996 – Paul Touvier, French-Nazi WW II criminal, dies at 81
2003 – David Kelly, Welsh UN weapons inspector (b. 1944)
2005 – Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer and one of the pioneers of Jamaican ska music, dies at 78
2009 – Leszek KoĊakowski, Polish philosopher (b. 1927)