1202 – Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies
1941 – A Coenradi, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1951 – James I Wedgwood, British theosophist and bishop (Liberal Catholic Church), dies at 67
1971 – Piero Coppola, Italian conductor, artistic director (La Voix de son Maître (The Gramophone Company – France), 1923-34). pianist, and composer, dies at 82
1982 – Albert Weisser, American musicologist and composer, dies at 64
1994 – Danny Barker, American jazz musician (wrote Bourbon Street Black), dies at 85
2012 – Jock Hobbs, New Zealand rugby union flanker and captain (21 Tests; Canterbury RU; Chairman NZRFU 2002-10), dies from leukemia at 52
2013 – Ducky Detweiler, American MLB player, dies at 94
2018 – Dr. T Berry Brazelton, American child development paediatrician, author, TV host (What Every Baby Knows), who developed the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS), dies at 99
2021 – Kenneth Cooper, American harpsichordist, pianist, musicologist, and professor (Barnard College, Brooklyn, NYC), dies shortly after a stroke at 79