1608 – Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies
1817 – Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (b. 1727)
1903 – Herbert Oakeley, English composer, dies at 73
1947 – Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862)
1972 – Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83
1979 – Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and President (1963-79), assassinated by the director of the Korean Intelligence Agency at 61
1992 – Jerome Andrews, US/French dancer/choreographer, dies
1995 – Bernhard Heiliger, German artist and sculptor, dies at 79
2010 – Romeu Tuma, Brazilian politician (b. 1931)
2010 – Glen “Frosty” Little, American circus clown (b. 1925)