1382 – Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile, dies giving birth to her third child at 24
1721 – Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer, dies at 56
1934 – Mary Austin, American nature writer and early feminist (Land of Little Rain), dies at 65
1948 – Elaine Hammerstein, American stage and silent film actress, dies in a Tijuana car crash at 51
1965 – Ikeda Hayato, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (1960-64), dies at 65
1974 – (Harold) “Tina” Brooks, American hard-bop jazz saxophonist, and composer (“True Blue”), dies of liver failure at 42
2005 – David Lange, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (Labour: 1984-89), dies of complications associated with renal failure and diabetes at 63
2006 – Tony Jay, British-American stage, screen, and voice actor (Twins; The Hunchback of Notre Dame – “Frollo”), dies at 73
2008 – Henri Cartan, French Mathematician, dies at 104
2016 – Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian Hindu spiritual leader (BAPS), dies at 94