1099 – El Cid [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Castilian nobleman and military leader and general strategist, dies at about 59
1686 – Ercole Ferrata, Italian sculptor/restauranteur, dies at 76
1910 – Johann G Galle, German discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies
1935 – Paul Hines, American MLB outfielder (Triple Crown 1878, Providence Grays), dies at 80
1973 – Wallace “Bud” Smith, American boxer (World lightweight title 1955-56), dies of gunshot wounds at 49
2000 – Justin Pierce, English-American actor and skateboarder (b. 1975)
2000 – Vakkom Majeed, Indian Freedom fighter, Travancore-Cochin Legislative member (b. 1909)
2002 – Jean-Pierre Côté, French Canadian politician and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1926)
2005 – Freddy Soto, American comedian and actor (b. 1970)
2007 – Zheng Xiaoyu, director of the State Food and Drug Administration of the People’s Republic of China (b. 1944)