1592 – Nakagawa Hidemasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1568)
1632 – John Eliot, English parliament leader, dies at 40
1852 – Ada Lovelace, English mathematician considered the first computer programmer, dies of uterine cancer at 36
1901 – Clement Studebaker, American automobile manufacturer (b. 1831)
1931 – Lya De Putti [Amália Putti], Hungarian silent film actress, known for portraying vamp characters, dies at 34
1934 – Sam Cowley, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson
1955 – Luis de Freitas Branco, Portuguese composer, dies at 65
1988 – [John] Hein Donner, chess grand master, dies at 61
2006 – Alan Freeman, British disc jockey known by his nickname ‘Fluff’ (b. 1927)
2012 – Marvin Miller, American baseball executive (Major League Baseball Players Association 1966-1982), dies at 95