1509 – Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII and paternal grandmother of King Henry VIII of England, dies at 66
1790 – Feike H Van de Crew, Fries writer (Mayke Jakkelis), dies
1957 – Johan Hin, Dutch yachtsman (Olympic gold 12′ dinghy 1920), dies at 58
1959 – A. Cecil Snyder, American lawyer and Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, dies at 51
1965 – Sidney Marion, American actor (Outlaws is Coming, Quicksand), dies at 64
1969 – Veselin Stoyanov, Bulgarian composer, dies at 67
1979 – Lowell George, American rock vocalist and guitarist (Mothers of Invention, Little Feat), dies at 34
1992 – Mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated at 73
1993 – Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (b. 1946)
2007 – Joel Siegel, American film critic (b. 1943)