1628 – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham and English courtier who was a favorite of King James I, assassinated by army officer John Felton at 35
1975 – Hank Patterson, American actor (Gunsmoke, Fred Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 87
1980 – Norman Shelley, British radio actor (Churchill’s Speech), dies at 77
1981 – (Thaman) “Pete” Daily, American swing and dixieland jazz cornetist and valve trombonist (The Chicagoans), dies at 70
1989 – Helen le Clerq, Dutch dancer and choreographer, dies at 57
1992 – Malcolm Atterbury, American actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way), dies at 85
1994 – Rabah Stambouli, Algerian sociologist/politician, murdered at 65
2005 – Ninjalicious, Canadian author and urban explorer (b. 1973)
2016 – Steven Hill, American actor (Mission Impossible, Law and Order), dies at 94
2023 – Erkin Koray, Turkish psychedelic rock guitarist, electro baglama player, and singer, dies of lung disease at 82