1533 – Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat, dies at 72
1772 – Johann Friedrich Struensee, German physician of Christian VII of Denmark, dies at 34
1853 – Ludwig Tieck, German writer, dies at 79
1918 – Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian-Serb assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, dies of tuberculosis at 23
1934 – Charley Patton, American Delta blues musician (“Pony Blues”; “High Water Everywhere”), dies of a mitral valve disorder between the ages of 37 and 43
1935 – Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scottish composer, dies at 87
1966 – Ralph Bunker, American actor (Ghost Goes West), dies of a stroke at 77
1973 – Pat Henning, American actor (Goodyear TV Playhouse), dies at 64
1976 – Richard Hughes, English writer (Fiction as Truth), dies at 76
1999 – Alf Ramsey, English football manager, dies at 79