1554 – Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador and first royal governor of Chile, dies at 56
1796 – Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician, dies at 60
1942 – Jaroslav Ježek, Czechoslovakian composer, dies at 35
1969 – Bruno Söderström, Swedish athlete (Olympic silver pole vault and bronze javelin 1906; bronze pole vault 1908; popularized bowling in Sweden), dies at 87
1982 – Margot Grahame [Margaret Clark], British actress (The Three Musketeers, Criminal Lawyer), dies from chronic bronchitis at 70
1996 – Arleigh Burke, American admiral (WW II, Solomon Islands, Navy Cross), dies at 94
2007 – Tad Jones, American jazz music historian, dies at 54
2012 – Kiro Gligorov, 1st President of the Republic of Macedonia (1991-99), dies at 94
2016 – Tony Lane, American art director (Rolling Stone magazine), and Grammy Award-winning album cover art designer (Carly Simon – Boys in the Trees; Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water; Michael Jackson – Bad), dies of brain cancer at 71
2023 – Art McNally, American Pro Football HOF referee and executive (NFL Head of Officiating 1968-91), dies at 97