1347 – Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies
1617 – Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62
1896 – Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1829)
1991 – Redd Foxx, American comedian (Sanford and Sons), dies of heart attack at 68
1991 – Steven Jesse Bernstein, American underground poet (suicide) (b. 1950)
1992 – Willem RJ Wittkampf, journalist/writer (Liner, Cannon), dies
1994 – Maja Bulgakova, Ukrainian actress (Krylja), dies in auto-accident at 62
2000 – Donald Campbell Dewar, Scottish politician (1st minister of Scotland’s first Parliament in almost 300yrs), dies from health complications at 63
2007 – Sri Chinmoy [Chinmoy Kumar Ghose], Indian guru, dies at 76
2020 – Ângelo Martins, Portuguese soccer defender (20 caps; Benfica 231 games), dies at 90