1525 – Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec Emperor (1520 – 1521), tortured and killed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés
1638 – Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier and Huguenot leader, dies
1932 – Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer (b. 1851)
1935 – Alexander Willem Frederik Idenburg, Dutch politician of the Anti Revolutionary Party and Governor-General of Dutch Indies (1909-16), dies at 73
1956 – Emile Buisson, French murderer executed (b. 1902)
1961 – Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64
1978 – Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73
2005 – Chris Curtis [Crummey], British rock drummer, songwriter and vocalist (The Searchers – “Needles And Pins”), dies at 63
2006 – Owen Chamberlain, American physicist (antiproton, Nobel-1959), dies at 85
2007 – Charles Forte, Italian-British hotel magnate (Savoy), dies at 98