1086 – Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered
1584 – William I of Orange, Dutch nobleman and revolutionary known as ‘the Silent’ who led the revolt against Spanish rule and founded the House of Orange-Nassau (Prince of Orange, 1544-84), assassinated at 51 by Balthasar Gérard in Delft, Holland
1838 – Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43
1963 – Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster (BBC) and rugby union player (captain Harlequin RFC), dies at 70
1965 – Jacques Audiberti, French poet and playwright (Le cavalier seul), dies at 66
1978 – Michel Gusikoff, American violinist, concert master, and composer, dies at 85
1994 – Otto Bonsema, Dutch soccer striker (6 caps; Velocitas 1897, GVAV) and manager (SC Heerenveen, GVAV, BV Veendam), dies at 84
2003 – Hartley Shawcross, British lawyer and politician, prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, dies at 101
2012 – Paul Turok, American composer (Ragtime Caprice; Aspects of Lincoln and Liberty), educator, and music critic, dies at 82
2021 – Jimmy Gabriel, Scottish soccer midfielder (2 caps; Everton, Southampton) and coach (Seattle Sounders; SJ Earthquakes, Seattle Storm, Everton), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 80