- 1883 Matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls
- 1966 Tony Lema, US golfer, dies at 32
- 1986 Laurie Nash, Australian cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1932-36), dies at 76
- 1991 Freddie Brown, cricketer (English Test captain 1950-51), dies
- 1994 Wangila Napunyi, welterweight boxer (Olympic gold 1988), dies at 26
- 1996 Jock Wallace, Scottish football player and manager, dies at 60
- 1997 Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (Alien 3, Kes), dies of a brain tumour at 63
- 2010 Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player (b. 1949)