1681 – Oliver Plunkett, Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and last Catholic martyr (later beatified) to die in England, hanged, drawn and quartered for treason at Tyburn at 55
1925 – Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (Music In The Shape OF A Pear; Dreamy Fish), dies at 59
1943 – Koen Limperg, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1974 – Kick Smit, Dutch soccer striker and manager (29 caps; HFC Haarlem), dies at 62
1983 – Erich Juskowiak, German footballer, dies at 56
1996 – Michael Fraser, British Conservative Party political administrator, dies at 80
2008 – John Pont, American college football coach (Miami, Yale, Northwestern, Indiana), dies at 80
2008 – Mel Galley, English guitarist (Whitesnake; Phenomena), dies of esophageal cancer at 60
2009 – Mollie Sugden, English actress (Are You Being Served?), dies at 86
2020 – Hugh Downs, American TV journalist (20/20, Concentration), dies at 99