1118 – Alexius I Comnenus [Alexios I Komnenos], Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies
1853 – Giovanni Battista Polledro, Italian composer, dies at 72
1963 – John Powell, American composer, dies at 80
1974 – Edmund Cobb, Mexican western actor (Motorcycle Gang, Comanche Territory), dies at 82
1983 – Benjamin V Cohen, American author of New Deal legislation, dies at 88
1985 – Richard Yardumian, American composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68
1988 – Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, President of Pakistan, killed in plane crash
1992 – Jackie Edwards, Jamaican songwriter (Keep On Running), dies at 53 or 54
1995 – Jesse Thomas ‘Babyface’, American blues singer, dies at 84
2008 – Vic Toweel, South African boxer (undisputed world bantamweight champion), dies at 79