1478 – Giuliano de’ Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24
1945 – Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian politician and general, dies at 71
1972 – Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)
1972 – Margaret A R Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59
1976 – Neil McCallum, actor (Pete-Saber of London), dies at 45
1984 – William “Count” Basie, American jazz musician and bandleader, dies at 79
1986 – Bessie Love, actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at 87
1990 – Carlos Pizarro Leongomez, Colombian presidential candidate, assassinated
1995 – Hugh Morton, Baron Morton of Shuna, Scottish lawyer and judge, dies at 65
2003 – Peter Stone, American writer (b. 1930)