1389 – Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)
1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England (1533-36), second wife of Henry VIII, beheaded at the Tower of London on charges of adultery, incest and treason aged between 28 to 35
1954 – Charles Ives, American composer (Unanswered Question), dies at 79
1983 – Jean Rey, Belgian politician and President of the European Commission dies at 80
1989 – CLR James, West Indian writer and journalist (b. 1901)
2001 – Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)
2002 – John Gorton, nineteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911)
2002 – Walter Lord, American author (A Night to Remember), dies at 84
2004 – Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (b. 1907)
2016 – Angus “Alan” Young, British actor and voice actor (Mister Ed, Scrooge McDuck), dies of natural causes at 96