1st » A 2011 New England tornado outbreak or rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts or Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people.
8th » Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Comoran terrorist (b. 1974)
8th » Alan Rubin, American trumpet player (The Blues Brothers) (b. 1943)
9th » M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director (b. 1915)
9th » Tomoko Kawakami, Japanese voice actress (b. 1970)
9th » Mike Mitchell (basketball, born 1956) named Mike Mitchell, American basketball player (b. 1956)
10th » Brian Lenihan, Jnr, Irish lawyer and politician, 25th Minister for Finance (Ireland) known as Irish Minister for Finance (b. 1959)
11th » Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Israeli physicist and engineer (b. 1947)
11th » Seth Putnam, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Anal Cunt Upsidedown Cross (band) Upsidedown Cross, Siege (band) Siege, and Post Mortem (band) Post Mortem) (b. 1968)