968 – Matilda of Ringelheim, German Queen (c. 895)
1272 – Enzo of Sardinia, illegitimate son of Emperor Frederick II von Hohenstaufen who appointed him King of Sardinia (1238-49) and poet, dies in prison
1457 – Jingtai, 7th Emperor of the Ming dynasty of China (1449-57), dies at 28
1471 – Thomas Malory, English writer (Le Morte d’Arthur), dies at 55
1899 – Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76
1965 – Marion Jones, American tennis player (US Nat C’ship 1899, 1902), dies at 85
1984 – Aurelio Peccei, Italian industrialist and chairman (Club of Rome), dies at 75
1986 – Huw Wheldon, Welsh broadcaster (BBC), dies at 69
1997 – Jurek Becker, Polish-born German writer (Jacob the Liar), dies at 59
2020 – Genesis P-Orridge [Neil Megson], British avant-garde rock singer-songwriter, and performance artist (Throbbing Gristle; Psychic TV), dies of leukemia at 70