1109 – Alfonso VI, King of Castile and Leon (conquered Toledo) (b. c. 1040)
1614 – Isaac Casaubon, English classical scholar (Atheneaus), dies at 55
1943 – Johan Brouwer, Dutch writer, Hispanist, and anti-Nazi resistance fighter, executed at 45
1953 – Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist, dies
1958 – Harry Nicholls Holmes, American chemist (crystallized vitamin A), dies at 78
1978 – Kurt Student, German Luftwaffe general (b. 1890)
1996 – William T. Cahill, American politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (1970-74), dies at 84
1998 – Lucy Reed [Dollinger], American jazz vocalist (Woody Herman; Charlie Ventura), dies at 77
2003 – Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (“Hijack”; Push Push; Memphis Underground), dies at 73
2012 – Loyd Gentry, American thoroughbred trainer (Kentucky Derby 1967 Proud Clarion), dies of heart failure at 86