1330 – Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1301)
1717 – John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish royalist
1869 – Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium), dies at 64
1943 – Vicente Ripolles, composer, dies at 75
1974 – Edward Platt, actor (Chief-Get Smart), dies at 58
1976 – Paul Kossoff, British rock guitarist (Free), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 25
1979 – Richard Beckinsale, actor (Doing Time, Porridge, Lovers), dies at 31
1989 – Alan Civil, British horn player (played horn solo in Beatles “For No One”), dies of liver and kidney failure at 59
2013 – Bud Palmer, American basketball player (NY Knicks) and sportscaster, dies at 91
2017 – Jimmy Breslin, American author and columnist (NY Post, News, Newsday), dies at 88