1277 – Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies
1813 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768)
1979 – Taisto Mäki, Finnish athlete (WR 2 miles, 5,000m and 10,000m simultaneously 1939-42), dies at 68
1984 – Jüri Lossmann, Estonian athlete (Olympic silver marathon 1920), dies at 93
1986 – Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (b. 1905)
1991 – Richard Thorpe, American director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies at 95
1994 – Imre Gyöngyössy, Hungarian filmmaker (The Revolt of Job), dies of a heart attack at 64
2008 – Anthony Mamo, Malta’s first President (b. 1909)
2018 – Robert B. Kennedy, American politician (Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1975–1979), dies at 78
2022 – Régine [Zylberberg], French singer and nightclub owner, dies at 92