1495 – Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35
1601 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth I
1643 – Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at 60
1713 – Frederick I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55
1894 – Steele MacKaye [James Morrison Steele MacKaye], American playwright and actor (Spectatorium, Paul Kauvar), dies at 51
1942 – Leo Ascher, Austrian-born composer who moved to the US, dies at 61
1950 – George Minot, American physician (Nobel 1934 – introduction of a raw-liver diet in the treatment of pernicious anemia), dies at 64
1955 – Marij Kogoj, Slovenian composer, dies at 59
1993 – Mary Walter, Filipino actress (Shake, Rattle and Roll, Tatlo, Dalawa, Isa), dies at 80
2006 – Charlie Wayman, English footballer (b. 1922)