1498 – Girolamo Savonarola, Italian preacher and dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45
1648 – Luis de Nain, painter, dies
1897 – Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago and Back), dies at 34
1967 – Sanne Sannes, photographer, dies at 30
1969 – Jimmy McHugh, American composer (Can’t Give You Anything But Love), dies at 74
1991 – Jean van Houte, Belgian premier, dies
1992 – Atahualpa Yupanqui, Argentine singer, composer, and guitarist, dies at 84
1994 – Ray Candy, American professional wrestler, dies from a heart attack at 42
2002 – Sam Snead, American golfer ((7 PGA Tour major titles; US Masters 1949, 52, 54), dies of a stroke at 89
2009 – Roh Moo-hyun, 16th President of the Republic of Korea (b. 1946)