1279 – Boleslaus of Greater Poland
1433 – Lidwina, Dutch mystic (Christ’s Bride) and saint, dies at 53
1574 – Hendrik, count of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies in battle
1914 – Paul Ehrenreich, German etnologist/mythologist, dies at 58
1964 – Bert McGirr, cricketer (2 Tests for NZ, 51 runs), dies
1965 – Robert E Hickok, US murderer (In Cold Blood), hanged
1976 – José Revueltas, Mexican writer (b. 1914)
1985 – Reginald Beane, American pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63
1986 – Horst Bastian, German writer and screenwriter, dies at 46
2000 – Phil Katz, American computer programmer (Zip file format), dies from the effects of alcoholism at 37