1174 – Amalrik I, [Morri], French King of Jerusalem, dies
1797 – Ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740)
1825 – Thomas P. Grosvenor, American Revolutionary War soldier (b. 1744)
1844 – Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (b. 1800)
1959 – C W L Parker, cricketer (3,776 1st-class wickets, 2nd best ever), dies
1966 – Delmore Schwartz, American poet, short story writer and critic (Shenandoah), dies at 52
1979 – Claude Wagner, French-Canadian judge and politician, dies at 54
1991 – James McCallion, Scottish actor (Coogan’s Bluff, Vera Cruz), dies of a heart attack at 72
2007 – Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman (Honest Ed’s) and philanthropist, dies at 92
2015 – Satoru Iwata, Japanese CEO of Nintendo (Nintendo DS and Wii), dies of cancer at 55