1387 – King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)
1777 – Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77
1813 – Alexander Wilson, Scottish ornithologist and naturalist, dies at 47
1898 – Joseph Robinson, Irish singer, organist and composer, dies at 82
1927 – Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Massachusetts
1961 – Beals Wright, American tennis player (US Nat C’ship 1905; doubles 1904-06), dies at 81
1962 – Irving Fine, American composer (Toccata), dies of heart disease at 47
1967 – Georges Berger, Belgian racing driver, dies at 48
1982 – Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman and heir to the Bloomingdale’s department store, dies at 66
1995 – Leslie Graves, American actress (Brenda-Capitol, Death Wish 2), dies of AIDS at 35