1549 – Eelke Fouckens, Frisian anabaptist, beheaded
1916 – Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (b. 1847)
1927 – Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, murdered
1979 – Forrest [Asa Earl] Carter, American author and segregationist speech writer, dies at 53
1980 – Henry Miller, American writer (Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn), dies of circulatory complications at 88
1988 – Joe Partridge, cricketer (South African pace bowler 1963-65), commits suicide
1995 – “Sheikh” Imam [Eissa], Egyptian folk and protest singer-songwriter, dies at 76
2009 – Kenny Rankin, American singer-songwriter (“Peaceful”), dies of lung cancer at 69
2011 – Paul Dickson, American football player and coach (b. 1937)
2011 – Hubert Du Plessis, South African pianist and composer, dies at 88