474 – Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)
1367 – Pedro I, King of Portugal (also called “the Just” or “the Cruel”), King of Portugal and of the Algarves (1357-67), dies at 46
1664 – Moses Amyraut, French theologian (b. 1596)
1859 – Alfred Vail, American inventor and early telegraph pioneer, dies at 51
1875 – Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55
1936 – Rudyard Kipling, English author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70
1970 – David O. McKay, 9th President of Mormon church, dies at 96
1977 – Paul Nordoff, American composer (Frog Prince), dies at 67
2008 – John Stroger, first African-American Cook County Board President (b. 1929)
2015 – Dallas Taylor, American session drummer (Crosby, Stills and Nash, Clear Light), dies of complications from pneumonia and kidney disease at 66