879 – Louis II the Stammerer, King of the West Franks (877-79)
1783 – František Václav Habermann, Czech composer, dies at 76
1862 – William Harvey Lamb Wallace, American lawyer and Brigadier General, dies at 40
1927 – Ivo Bligh, British noble (8th Earl of Darnley) and cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83), dies at 68
1931 – Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet and painter (b. 1883)
1937 – Algernon Ashton, British composer, dies at 77
1994 – Victor Afanasiev, Rus editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89), dies at 71
2000 – Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
2005 – Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978)
2011 – Homer Smith, American football coach (b. 1931)