1506 – Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)
1535 – John Houghton, English monk, first of the Carthusian Martyrs, hung, drawn and quartered at the Tower of London
1893 – George Washington Hewitt, American composer, dies at 82
1922 – Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (b. 1888)
1971 – Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor, dies at 83
1995 – Louis Krasner, Ukrainian-American violinist, dies at 91
1997 – Vijayananda Dahanayake, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1959-60), dies
2012 – Mort Lindsey [Lippman], American pianist, arranger, musical director (Judy Garland, 1961-64; Merv Griffin Show, 1962-86; Barbra Streisand, 1968), and composer, dies at 89
2018 – Larry Hunter, American college basketball coach (Wittenberg Tigers, Ohio Bobcats, Western Carolina Catamounts), dies at 68
2018 – Naser Cheshm Azar, Iranian composer, dies of a heart attack at 67