1679 – Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau, German poet, dies at 62
1690 – Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Austrian field marshal, dies at 47
1802 – Erasmus Darwin, English physician writer and botanist (grandfather of Charles Darwin), dies at 70
1888 – Roscoe Conkling, American politician (U.S. Senator from New York 1867-81), dies at 58
1906 – Luis MartÃn, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus, dies at 59
1943 – Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese WWII Marshall Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese fleet who led the attack on Pearl Harbor, killed in action at 59 by a US ambush after the “Magic” code-breaking team intercepted and decoded his flight plan
1947 – Jozef Tiso, Slovak politician (President of the First Slovak Republic), dies at 59
1984 – Arvi Kivimaa, Finnish writer (Groenende Cross), dies at 79
2004 – Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, first Prime Minister of Fiji and President of Fiji, dies at 83
2013 – Cordell “Boogie” Mosson, American musician (Parliament-Funkadelic collective), dies of liver failure at 60