1212 – Geoffrey, Archbishop of York and illegitimate son of King Henry II of England, dies at about 60
1817 – Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. about 1751)
1821 – Phoebe Hessel, English woman who disguised herself as a man to serve in the British Army, probably to be with her lover, Samuel Golding, dies at 108
1938 – James McNeill, Irish politician, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State, dies at 69
1951 – Mildred Bailey, American jazz singer (b. 1907)
1988 – John Canning, NY Post managing editor, dies at 56
1991 – Eleanor Boardman, actor (Crowd), dies in at 93
1993 – Mary Jarred, British mezzo-soprano and contralto singer (The Rake’s Progress), dies at 94
1999 – Joe Benner, American pistol shooter and coach (Olympic gold 1952; World C’ship gold 1949, 52, 54), dies at 82
2007 – Ike Turner, American musician (“Rocket 88”; Ike and Tina Turner – “A Fool in Love”; “Proud Mary”), dies of cocaine overdose at 76