975 – Balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies
1737 – William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663)
1800 – Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (b. 1718)
1914 – Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and inventor, dies at 51
1987 – Rewi Alley, New Zealand writer (Americans in China, dies at 90
1997 – Ewart Abner, American record label executive, President of Motown Records, manager of Stevie Wonder), dies at 74
2002 – George Roy Hill, American Academy Award-winning film director (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; The Sting; Slap Shot; A Little Romance; The World According to Garp), dies from complications of Parkinson’s disease at 81
2007 – Benazir Bhutto, 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan and 1st female leader of a Muslim nation, assassinated in Rawalpindi by a suicide bomber at 54
2019 – Garrett List, American classical and jazz composer and trombonist (Julliard Ensemble), dies at 76
2020 – José Luiz Carbone, Brazilian soccer midfielder (6 caps; São Paulo, Internacional, Botafogo) and coach (Fluminense, Guarani), dies from liver cancer at 74