1591 – Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
1863 – Stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brigadier general, dies in battle at 28
1943 – Caroline Yale, American educator who revolutionized the teaching of hearing-impaired students, dies at 84
1987 – Michael Bennett, American theater director and choreographer (Chorus Line), dies of AIDS at 44
1990 – Snooky Lanson [Roy Landman], American singer (Your Hit Parade; 5 Star Jubilee), dies at 76
1994 – Marion Williams, American gospel singer (Stars of Faith), dies of diabetes at 66
1994 – Andrés Escobar, Colombian soccer defender (51 caps, World Cup own goal vs US; SA Atlético Nacional), dies of a gunshot wound at 27
1995 – Gervase Jackson-Stops, British architectural adviser to the National Trust, dies at 48
2015 – Charlie Sanders, American football player (Detroit Lions), dies at 68
2020 – Nikolai Kapustin, Russian jazz pianist and composer, dies at 82