1291 – Alfonso III, King of Aragon (1285-91), dies
1815 – Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (b. 1766)
1921 – Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer (Kantkennis), dies at 37
1978 – Walter C. Alvarez, American physician (b. 1884)
1982 – Djuna Barnes, American author (Nightwood), dies at 80
1992 – Peter Allen, entertainer (Legs Diamond), dies of aids at 48
1996 – Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist, dies at 73
2005 – Manuel Sadosky, Argentine mathematician (b. 1914)
2006 – Richard Stahl, American actor (Howard-It’s a Living), dies at 74
2014 – Johnny Mann, American music director (Johnny Mann Stand Up and Cheer), dies at 85