1909 – It? Hirobumi, Japanese samurai, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (4 terms between 1885 and 1901) and Resident-General of Korea (1905-09), assassinated by a Korean nationalist at 68
1918 – César Ritz, Swiss hotelier, opened the Ritz Hotels in Paris and London, dies at 68
1944 – Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857)
1945 – Alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician, dies at 82
1979 – Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and President (1963-79), assassinated by the director of the Korean Intelligence Agency at 61
1983 – Mike Michalske, American Pro Football HOF guard (NFL C’ship 1929, 30, 31; 7 × First-team All-Pro; Green Bay Packers), dies at 80
1992 – (Dorothy) “Dottie” Green, American AAGPBL baseball player (Rockford Peaches), dies of cancer at 71
2006 – Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and museum director (b. 1924)
2016 – Stuart Edwards, British guitarist (Edison Lighthouse – “Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes”), dies of cancer at 73
2025 – Jack DeJohnette, American Jazz drummer (Miles Davis; Ron Carter; Skyline), dies of congestive heart failure at 83
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