656 – Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, oversaw standardization of the Qu’ran (644-56), assassinated
855 – Leo IV, Italian Pope (reigned 847-55), dies
1704 – Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer
1762 – Peter III, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34
1918 – Anastasia Nikolaevna, Russian Grand Duchess, youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, executed at 17 by a group of Bolsheviks
1967 – Cyril Ring, American actor (I Wake Up Screaming, The Barber Shop), dies at 74
1978 – Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51
1979 – Doug Meintjes, South African cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies
1983 – Roosevelt Sykes, American blues and boogie-woogie pianist, and singer (The Honeydripper), dies of a heart attack at 77
2004 – Pat Roach, British professional wrestler and actor (b. 1937)