1312 – Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall and favourite of Edward II of England beheaded at 27 or 28
1799 – Joseph Bologne, French violinist, conductor, composer, and champion fencer, dies at 51
1947 – Willem H. Fly, Dutch typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84
1984 – Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel, composer, dies at 88
1988 – Gladys Spellman, American. Congresswoman (b. 1918)
1993 – William Golding, English author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel Prize for Literature 1983), dies at 81
2010 – Ursula Thiess [Schmidt], German actress (Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano), dies at 86
2017 – Tony DiCicco, American soccer coach (US women 1994-99; FIFA Women’s World Cup gold 1999; FIFA Women’s U-20 World Cup gold 2008), dies from cancer at 68
2022 – Brett Tuggle, American session and touring rock keyboard player (David Lee Roth, 1986-94; Fleetwood Mac, 1997-2017), dies of cancer at 70
2023 – Karolis Chvedukas, Lithuanian soccer midfielder (20 caps; FK Sūduva 163 games, Waterford FC), dies at 32