1934 – Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by the National Guard at 38
1970 – Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (b. 1904)
1976 – John Forest “Fuzzy” Knight, American stage and screen actor, noted as sidekick in Westerns (Oklahoma Annie; Cowboy and the Lady), dies at 74
1980 – Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62
1987 – Esmond Knight, British actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder), dies from a heart attack at 80
2003 – Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (b. 1910)
2003 – Howard “Howie” Epstein, American bass guitarist (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 1982-2002), dies from an overdose at 47
2007 – John Ritchie, British footballer (b. 1941)
2016 – Lennie Baker, American rock saxophonist musician (Sha Na Na, 1970-99), dies at 69
2020 – Stefan Florenski, Polish soccer defender (11 caps; Górnik Zabrze), dies at 86