1433 – Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan, 100th Emperor of Japan, dies at 56
1727 – Johann Heinrich Buttstett, German composer, dies at 61
1842 – Philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged
1884 – William Swainson (lawyer), second, and last, Attorney-General (New Zealand) of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
1970 – Frank Smailes, English cricket all-rounder (1 Test; 8 County C’ships, Yorkshire), dies at 60
1976 – George Earnshaw, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1929-30; Philadelphia Athletics), dies at 76
1977 – Teun Struycken [Antoon Arnold Marie Struycken], Dutch Minister of Justice (1950-51) and Governor of the Netherlands Antilles (1951-56), dies at 70
1984 – Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (b. 1911)
1990 – Jan H de Groot, Dutch co-founder (Vrij Nederland), dies
1996 – Barbak Karmal, politician, dies at 67