1797 – Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer, dies at 36
1870 – Francisco Solano López, President and Dictator of Paraguay (1862-70), shouts “¡Muero con mi patria!” (I die with my nation) and dies in a struggle with Brazilian soldiers attempting to disarm him at 43
1921 – Nicholas Petrovic Njegos, King of Montenegro (1910-18), dies at 79
1938 – Gabriele D’Annunzio, Italian poet, writer (Il fuoco, Intruder), playwright and military hero as part of the elite Arditi storm troops, dies of a stroke at 74
1965 – Boleslav Vomáček, Czech composer, dies at 77
1984 – Jackie Coogan, American actor (Addams Family, The Kid, Oliver Twist), dies of a heart attack at 69
1991 – Frank Esler-Smith, English-Australian rock keyboardist (Air Supply), dies at 42
1996 – Margaret McKay, British politician, dies at 85
2011 – John M. Lounge, American engineer and astronaut (STS 51-I, STS 26, STS 35), dies at 64
2016 – Martha Wright, American actress and singer (South Pacific, The Martha Wright Show), dies at 92