1142 – Godfried II, duke of Brabant/Neth-Lotharingen, dies
1636 – George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Scottish politician (b. 1562)
1865 – Cleaveland J Campbell, Union brigadier general, dies at about 29
1898 – Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, dies at 57
1904 – Nikiphoros Lytras, Greek painter (b. 1832)
1954 – Nikolai Obukhov, Russian composer, dies at 62
1989 – Fran Allison, actress (Kukla, Fran and Ollie), dies at 81
2003 – Malik Meraj Khalid, Former caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1916)
2004 – Ralph Wiley, American sports journalist and writer (Sports Illustrated and ESPN’s Page 2), dies from a heart attack at 52
2009 – Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1962)