1772 – Johann Friedrich Struensee, German physician of Christian VII of Denmark, dies at 34
1883 – William M. Browne, American Confederate politician and Brigadier General, dies at 59
1887 – Carl Ferdinand Pohl, German-Austrian music historian, organist, and composer, dies at 67
1945 – Claretta Petacci, Italian mistress of Mussolini, executed at 33
1945 – Roberto Farinacci, Italian fascist, dies at 52
1955 – Lode Cantens, Flemish playwright (Gnomes of the City), dies at 43
1987 – Ben Linder, American engineer, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua at 27
1995 – Henry C. Rogers, American publicist, dies at 81
2014 – Jack Ramsay, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Portland Trail Blazers, 1977 NBA Champions), dies from cancer at 89
2021 – Madeline Davis, American activist and the first openly lesbian delegate to a Democratic national convention, dies of complications of a stroke at 80