250 – Fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies
1837 – John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs, Soane Museum), dies at 84
1973 – Amilcar Cabral, Bissau-Guinean nationalist leader, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered at 51
1983 – Garrincha, Brazilian footballer, dies at 49
1993 – Audrey Hepburn, British actress (Roman Holiday), dies of colon cancer at 63
1996 – Ellis Hillman, politician, dies at 68
1998 – Zevulun Hammer, Israeli politician, minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (1996-98), dies at 61
2009 – Stéphanos II Ghattas, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria for the Coptic Catholic Church (b. 1920)
2009 – David Newman, American jazz musician, nicknamed “Fathead” (b. 1933)
2019 – Muriel Pavlow, British actress (Murder, She Said, Reach for the Sky), dies at 97