1561 – Lope de Aguirre, Spanish conquistador (b. 1510)
1652 – Henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/gov of Hulst, dies
1781 – Herman-Francois Delange, Belgian composer, dies at 66
1917 – Arthur Rhys-Davids, English flying ace (WW I), dies at 20
1933 – Meir Shapira, rabbi/organizer (Daf Yomi), dies
1954 – Sydney Horler, English detective writer (Checkmate), dies at 66
1969 – Jaime Pahissa, composer, dies at 89
1974 – Rudolf Dassler, German founder of sportswear company Puma, dies at 76
2006 – Joe Niekro, American baseball player (b. 1944)
2009 – David Shepherd, English cricket umpire (b. 1940)