1356 – Peter I, Duke of Bourbon, killed at the Battle of Poitiers (b. 1311)
1864 – Robert Emmet Rodes, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies in battle at 35
1893 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician, a father of Canadian Confederation, dies at 76
1918 – Liza Lehmann, English composer, dies at 56
1961 – Pieter Tesch, mine engineer/geology (Pedestal of Netherlands), dies
1992 – Jacques Pic, french restaurant owner, dies
1993 – Richard Landau, US screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies at 79
1995 – Louis “Mr Bo” Collins, blues SInger, dies at 63
2013 – Gerrie Muhren, Dutch footballer, dies from complications from myelodysplastic syndrome at 67
2013 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (President of Nintendo, 1949-2003, owner of Seattle Mariners), dies at 85