1301 – Andrew III, Venetian King of Hungary and Croatia (1290-1301), dies at 50
1965 – Jeanette MacDonald, soprano (When I’m Calling You), dies at 63
1984 – Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (McDonald’s) and owner of baseball’s San Diego Padres, dies of heart failure at 81
1990 – David Arkin, actor (I Love You Alice B Toklas), dies
1993 – Elisabeth Antoinette de Vreugd, chambermaid for Dutch Queen, dies at 98
1996 – Eric Briault, educationalist, dies at 84
2001 – Burkhard Heim, German physicist (b. 1925)
2004 – Ron O’Neal, American actor (b. 1937)
2018 – Hugh Wilson, American director, writer and actor (Blast from the Past, Frank’s Place), dies at 74
2018 – Marlene VerPlanck [Pampinella], American jazz and pop vocalist, dies of pancreatic cancer at 84