1542 – Hernando de Soto, Spanish conquistador and 1st European to discover the Mississippi River, dies of a fever while searching for gold, near the Mississippi River at about 46
1954 – János Hammerschlag, Hungarian composer, dies at 68
1968 – Doris Lloyd, English American actress (Oliver Twist), dies of heart strain at 71
1973 – Ivan Konev, Russian general (Marshal of the Soviet Union – led Red Army on WWII Eastern Front, commanded Warsaw Pact forces), dies at 75
1988 – Bruno Frei [Benedikt Freistadt], Austrian Marxist journalist, dies at 91
1996 – Alfred “Lash” LaRue, American actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp), dies of emphysema at 78
2013 – Frank Comstock, American big band and pop orchestral arranger (Les Brown; Doris Day; Warner Bros; Brian Setzer), film and television composer (Rocky and His Friends; Adam-12), and recording artist (Project: Comstock – Music from Outer Space), dies at 90
2019 – Rik Kuypers, Belgian director (Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor), dies at 94
2022 – Jiří Zídek Sr., Czech basketball center (considered best Czech player ever; FIBA European All-Star 1966, 67; USK Praha) and coach (USK Praha, Sparta Praha), dies at 78
2023 – Ray Stevenson, Northern Irish actor (King Arthur, Rome), dies at 58