1542 – Catherine Howard, Queen of England (1540-42), 5th wife of Henry VIII, beheaded at 18 or 19 for adultery
1602 – Alexander Nowell, English churchman, dean of St Paul’s, dies
1905 – Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (Travellers in Auvergne), dies at 60
1937 – C A Bernoulli, writer, dies
1987 – M L “Curly” Page, cricketer (NZ Test capt 1933), dies
1991 – Ronald “Ron” Pickering, British athletics coach and BBC sports commentator, dies after a heart bypass operation at 60
1992 – Bob den Uyl, Dutch journalist and writer (Restless Travel), dies at 61
2002 – Pauline Trigère, French-American fashion designer (Bell Bottoms), dies at 93
2007 – Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (b. 1974)
2012 – Lillian Bassman, American photographer and painter (Harper’s Bazaar), dies at 94