1850 – Robert “Bobbie” Peel, British Prime Minister (Tory/Conservative/Peelite: 1834-35; 1841-46), founder of the British Conservative Party and the modern police force (Bobbies), dies after falling from a horse at 62
1911 – Felix Mottl, Austrian conductor and composer (Agnes Bernauer), dies at 54
1918 – Mehmed V Resjad, Sultan of Turkey (1909-18), dies at 73
1940 – Bertram Shapleigh, composer, dies at 69
1949 – Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49), dies at 67
1993 – Sir Edward Dunlop, Australian war hero (b. 1907)
1994 – Andrés Escobar, Colombian soccer defender (51 caps, World Cup own goal vs US), dies of a gunshot wound at 27
2018 – Alan Longmuir, Scottish pop-rock musician (Bay City Rollers), dies at 70
2021 – Elliot Lawrence [Broza], American jazz pianist, film score composer (Network), arranger, and orchestra leader (Tony and Emmy Award broadcasts; As The World Turns, 1981-93), dies at 96
2021 – Naïm Kattan, Canadian novelist and essayist, dies at 92