1271 – Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235)
1918 – Karel Stecker, composer, dies at 57
1969 – Felix Locher, Swiss actor (Frankenstein’s Daughter), dies at 86
1977 – Fanie Lou Hamer, freedom fighter, dies
1984 – Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Aust and AIF batsman), dies
1987 – Gerald Moore, English pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87
1994 – James Cecil Humpy” Parker, American disgraced ex-Sheriff convicted of violating inmates civil rights and of torture, dies at 58
1996 – Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (The Double Life of Veronique), dies of heart attack at 54
1999 – Garson Kanin, American writer and director (b. 1912)
2006 – Robert C. Baker, Inventor of the chicken nugget (b. 1921)