1897 – Jean Ingelow, English poet (b. 1820)
1936 – Jose Sanjurjo, Spanish general (Morocco) and high director, dies at 64
1937 – Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor and electrical engineer who pioneered work on long distance radio transmission (Nobel 1909), dies of a heart attack at 63
1944 – Werner von Haeffen, German lieutenant (July 20th plotter), executed
1951 – Mustafa Shuqri Ashu, tailor/murderer of king Abdullah, shot to death
1953 – Jan Struther, British author (b. 1901)
1990 – Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Obsessions, Pygmalion), dies
1994 – Paul Delvaux, Belgian surrealist painter, dies at 96
2001 – Carlo Giuliani, Italian anarchist (b. 1978)
2009 – Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (b. 1957)