1814 – Matthew Flinders, English explorer, navigator and cartographer who was 1st to circumnavigate Australia, dies from kidney disease at 40
1938 – Fernando Canon, Filipino revolutionary general, poet, and the Philippines 1st National Chess Champion, dies at 77
1952 – Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect (b. 1862)
1958 – John Gobau, Flemish actor (Electricity, Hostage Rights, The Cross-Patch), dies at 67
1961 – Kit Guard, Danish actor (El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous), dies of cancer at 67
1963 – A H C Cooper, South African cricketer (Test v England 1914), dies
1982 – Lionel Daunais, French Canadian singer and composer, dies at 80
1985 – Shahnawaz Bhutto, son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
1986 – Stanley Rous, British soccer official, 6th President of FIFA (1961-74), dies at 91
2004 – Paul Foot, British journalist (b. 1937)