1597 – Ashikaga Yoshiaki, 15th Japanese shÅgun, dies at 59
1837 – Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies
1900 – Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer, dies at 57
1918 – Raymond Duchamp-Villon, French cubist sculptor (Head of Baudeaire), dies at 41
1950 – George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (first NHL goaltender to record 20 shutouts in one season; Montreal Canadiens), dies in a car accident at 55
1968 – Pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed
1988 – Felix Wankel, German inventor (Wankel rotary-piston engine), dies at 86
2012 – Harris Savides, American cinematographer., dies from brain cancer at 55
2015 – Geoffrey Howe, British politician (Chancellor and Foreign Secretary under Thatcher), dies at 88
2017 – Vincent La Selva, American conductor (New York Grand Opera Company, 1973-2012), dies at 88