1611 – Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542)
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
1919 – Edward Poynter, British painter, President of the Royal Academy, dies at 83
1937 – Gerda Taro (Gerta Pohorylle), German-born war photojournalist, dies covering Spanish Civil War aged 26
1967 – Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch classical composer, critic, and musicologist dies at 79
1988 – Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani modernist scholar, dies at 68
1992 – Ron Webber, dies of cancer at 60
1998 – (David Allan) “Chico” Ryan, American rock bassist and singer (Sha Na Na, 1973-98), dies at 50
2009 – Marcey Jacobson, American photographer (b. 1911)
2021 – Ivan Toplak, Serbian soccer striker (1 cap; Red Star Belgrade) and manager (Red Star Belgrade, San Jose Earthquakes, Yugoslavia), dies at 89