1409 – King Martin I of Sicily (1390-1409), dies at about 35
1570 – Ivan Viskovati, chancellor of Russia, executed
1593 – Steven Haghen, navigator/governor of Ambon (1617-18), dies at 61
1918 – Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentine poet (Mexico, canto epico), dies
1944 – Lesley J McNair, US Lieutenant General killed by friendly fire at St-Lo
1984 – Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (NHL – NY Rangers), dies at 70
1986 – Vincente Minnelli, American director (Gigi, Goodbye Charlie), dies in LA at 76
1988 – Judith Barsi, American child actress (The Land Before Time), shot dead with mother by her father at 11
2006 – Carl Brashear, first African-American U.S Navy Master Diver (b. 1931)
2013 – Bernadette Lafont, French actress (Perils of Gwendoline), dies from cardiac arrest at 74