1582 – Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)
1915 – Gen Porfirio [Jose de la Cruz] Diaz, president Mexico, dies
1931 – Stephen Babcock, American Agricultural Chemist (Babcock test and father of scientific dairying), dies at 87
1936 – Harry Northrup [Henri N.], French-born American poet and actor (The Heart of Maryland, The Unchastened Woman), dies at 60
1939 – Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor of Rotterdam (1906-22), dies
1952 – Henriëtte Bosmans, Dutch cellist, pianist and composer, dies at 56
1978 – Aris Alexandrou, Greek novelist, poet and translator (b. 1922)
1982 – Poul Rovsing Olsen, composer, dies at 59
2000 – Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952)
2011 – Itamar Franco, 33rd President of Brazil (1992-94), dies at 81