820 – Muslim jurist Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi’i, dies
1779 – David Garrick, English actor, producer and writer (Aboan-Oroonoko), dies at 61
1949 – Joseph Cuypers, architect Dutch (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87
1954 – Fred Root, English cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 8 wickets; Derbyshire CCC, Worcestershire CCC), dies at 63
1973 – Amilcar Cabral, Bissau-Guinean nationalist leader, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered at 51
1982 – Marc Demeyer, Belgian road racing cyclist (Paris-Brussels 1974), dies at 31
1992 – Fitzhugh Lee, American vice-admiral (WW II – Navy Cross x2), dies at 86
2002 – Carrie Hamilton, American actress (Fame), dies at 38
2015 – Edgar Froese, German musician (Tangerine Dream), dies at 70
2016 – David G. Hartwell, American editor and anthologist, dies at 74