1495 – John II the Perfect, King of Portugal (1481-95), dies at 40
1922 – Oskar Hertwig, German embryologist (discovered fertilization), dies at 73
1936 – Jaime de Magalhães Lima, Portuguese author and poet (Salmos do Prisoneiro), dies at 76
1973 – Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian distance athlete (Olympic gold marathon 1960 WR [barefoot], 64 WR; Africa’s first WR breaking athlete in any sport), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 41
1984 – Pascale Ogier, actress (Ghost Dance), dies of a heart attack at 24
1991 – Khigh Dhiegh [Kenneth Dickerson], American actor (Forbidden Nights; The Manchurian Candidate; Hawaii Five-0 – “Wo Fat”), dies of kidney and heart failure at 81
1991 – Margo J. Sylvia (née Lopez), American pop singer (Tune Weavers – “Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby”), dies of heart attack and stroke at 55
2010 – Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican reggae musician, dies of lung cancer at 59
2011 – Anna van Beers [Graeve], Dutch actress (A Woman like Eve, Diary of a Hooker), dies at 95
2018 – Sonny Fortune [Cornelius Fortune], American jazz saxophonist, dies at 79