1086 – Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered
1920 – John A “Jacky” Kilverston, adm/designer (dreadnought), dies at 79
1954 – Calogero Vizzini, Sicilian mafioso (b. 1877)
1983 – Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82
1990 – Irene Champlin, dies after long illness at 59
2002 – Jean-Pierre Côté, French Canadian politician and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1926)
2003 – Bishnu Maden, Nepalese politician
2005 – Freda Wright-Sorce, American radio performer (b. 1955)
2005 – A. J. Quinnell [Philip Nicholson], English writer (Man on Fire), dies at 65
2007 – Doug Marlette, American cartoonist (b. 1949)