1503 – Piero di Lorenzo de’ Medici [Piero the Unfortunate], Italian ruler of Florence (1492-94), dies at 31
1891 – Alfred Cellier, British conductor (Glibert and Sullivan) and composer (Dorothy), dies at 47
1915 – Gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer and politician, dies at 78
1919 – Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (Rydberg formula), dies at 65
1976 – Katharine Byron, U.S. Congresswoman, dies at 73
1980 – Jersey calf, lived 222 days with an artificial heart
1993 – Howard Caine [Cohen], American actor (Hogan’s Heroes), dies at 67
2007 – Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iran national basketball team player (b. 1982)
2015 – John “Brad” Bradbury, British ska drummer and record producer (The Specials), dies at 62
2019 – Erzsébet Szőnyi, Hungarian composer, dies at 95