1533 – Atahualpa, last Sapa Inca Emperor, garroted by order of Franciso Pizarro at about 52
1615 – Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander, dies at 64
1863 – Sam Houston, 1st President of Republic of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44) who helped bring Texas into the United States as a constituent state, dies at 70
1867 – King Otto of Greece (b. 1815)
1975 – Leigh Whipper, actor (Hidden Eye, Jungle Queen), dies at 98
1992 – Ron Webber, dies of cancer at 60
1994 – Owen “Terry” Scott, British actor and comedian (Terry and June, Carry On Films), dies of cancer at 67
2002 – Jutta Hecker, German writer, dies at 97
2007 – John Normington, English actor (b. 1937)
2012 – Franz West, Austrian artist, dies at 65