1639 – George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated
1885 – Martin Delany, African-American abolitionist and physician (1st African American major in US Army), dies at 72
1953 – Ben Taylor, American Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman/manager (Negro Leagues), dies of pneumonia at 64
1962 – Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish poet, novelist, recognized as one of the most important representatives of modernism in Turkish literature (A Mind at Peace, The Time Regulation Institute), dies of a heart attack at 60
1991 – Jack Schaefer, American author (Shane), dies at 83
1991 – John M. Kelly, Irish politician and academic (b. 1931)
1994 – Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at 48
2002 – Peter Gzowski, Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter (b. 1934)
2006 – Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician
2008 – J. Robert Hooper, American politician, dies at 71