1345 – Richard Aungerville [Richard de Bury], English bishop, writer (The Philobiblon) and one of the first English book collectors, dies at 58
1578 – James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, consort of Mary I of Scotland
1865 – Rafael Carrera, Guatemalan military commander and Dictator of Guatemala (1844–48, 1851–65), dies at 50
1941 – Guillermo Kahlo, German-Mexican photographer and father of Frida Kahlo, dies at 69
1978 – Frank Raymond [F.R.] Leavis, British literary critic (Culture and Environment), dies at 82
1987 – Karl Höller, German composer, dies at 79
1992 – David Miller, American film director (Billy the Kid), dies of cancer at 82
2009 – Maurice Druon, French writer and journalist (Prix Goncourt), dies at 90
2015 – Percy Sledge, American soul singer (“When A Man Loves A Woman”), dies at 73
2018 – Daedra Charles, American Women’s Basketball HOF forward (NCAA C’ship 1989, 91 Uni of Tennessee; LA Sparks), dies at 49