1190 – Floris III, Count of Holland, dies
1227 – Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)
1884 – Heinrich Laube, writer, dies
1926 – Israel Zangwill, Jewish author (Children of The Ghetto) and Zionist leader, dies at 62
1959 – Jean Behra, French Formula One driver, dies in a car race at 38
1981 – (Sidney) “Paddy” Chayevsky, American Academy Award-winning screenwriter (Marty; The Hospital; Network), novelist, and playwright, dies of cancer at 58
1983 – Peter Arne, actor (Straw Dogs), bludgeoned to death in London at 62
1992 – Stanley Dudek, US platform diver (watershows), dies
2010 – Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby, cricket representative (international cricket umpire, rugby referee), dies at 99
2021 – David A. Gall, Canadian thoroughbred Hall of Fame jockey (US Champion Jockey by wins 1979, 81; first to ride 8 winners on single US race card), dies at 79