1611 – Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533)
1876 – Marie d’Agoult, [pen name Daniel Stern], French author and mother of composer Franz Liszt’s children, dies at 70
1941 – Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel 1927), dies at 82
1945 – Lena Baker, American murderer, convicted of capital murder of her employer, Ernest Knight, dies at 44
1947 – Alfredo Casella, Italian composer and conductor (La Giara), dies at 63
1950 – Edgar Lee Masters, American poet and novelist (Spoon River Anthology), dies at 81
1994 – Abdullah Al-Sallal, President of Yemen (1962-67), dies
1996 – Nicolas Cotoner y Cotoner, spanish courtier, dies at 90
2013 – Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela, dies from respiratory failure at 58
2018 – Helmut Maucher, German businessman, CEO of Nestlé (1990-97), dies at 90