1611 – Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533)
1815 – Franz Anton Mesmer, Austrian physician and hypnotist (Mesmerism), dies at 80
1893 – Richard Samuel Hughes, Welsh composer, dies at 37
1895 – Nikolai Leskow, writer, dies at 64
1944 – Max Jacob, French poet and writer, dies in nazi concentration camp at 67
1967 – Mohammad Mosaddegh, Prime Minister of Iran (1951-53) who was overthrown in a coup d’état aided by the CIA and the British SIS, dies at 84
1984 – Michael Sklar, American comedian (Laugh-In; Sha Na Na), dies at 39
1997 – Samm Sinclair Baker, American diet author (b. 1909)
2017 – Anthony Beilenson, American politician (Rep-D-California, 1977-97), dies at 84
2018 – Kjerstin Dellert, Swedish opera singer, dies at 92