1895 – Jose Marti y Perez, Cuban poet (Versos sencillos) essayist and politician (fought for independence from Spain), dies fighting the Battle of Dos Rios at 42
1918 – Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American World War I fighter pilot and flying ace, dies at 33
1971 – Bernard Wagenaar, Dutch-American composer (3 Songs for Chinese), dies at 76
1993 – Ranga Sohoni, Indian cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, top score 29 no, 2 wickets), dies from a heart attack at 75
1994 – Luis Ocaña, Spanish road cyclist (Tour de France 1973; Vuelta a España 1970), commits suicide at 48
1997 – Millie, dog of US President George H. W. Bush (Millie’s Book), dies at 12
1999 – James Blades, British classical percussionist, and educator, dies at 97
2002 – John Gorton, Australian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (1968-71), dies at 90
2005 – Henry Corden, American actor and voice artist (b. 1921)
2025 – Alice Notley, American poet (Mysteries of Small Houses, Disobedience), dies of a cerebral haemorrhage at 79