1572 – Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72), dies at 51
1663 – Thomas Baltzar, German violinist
1865 – David Herold, American pharmacist’s assistant who was part of the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, executed by hanging at 23
1965 – Moshe Sharett, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (1954-55), dies at 70
1976 – Norman Foster, American actor (Skyscraper Souls), dies at 75
1988 – Jimmy Edwards, British comedy writer and actor (Take It From Here, Whack-O!), dies from pneumonia at 68
1995 – Gabor Ormai, viola Player, dies at 40
1996 – Albrecht Luitpold Ferdinand Michael, duke of Bavaria, dies at 91
1998 – Brigadier Theuns Swanepoel, South African Security Police notorious for ordering the police to shoot at protesting school children in 1976, 70
2020 – Dannes Coronel, Ecuadorian soccer defender (27 caps; El Nacional), dies from a heart attack at 47