1054 – Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies
1786 – Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, German composer, dies at 70
1855 – Joseph Hume, Scottish doctor and social reformer, dies at 78
1907 – Henri Moissan, French chemist who isolated the element “fluorine” from its compounds (Nobel 1906), dies of appendicitis at 54
1911 – Peter Nicolai von Wilm, composer, dies at 76
1950 – Sarat Chandra Bose, Indian activist for independence, dies at 60
1972 – Walter Winchell, writer/actor (Dondi, Love and Hisses), dies at 74
1992 – A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (member of Group of Seven), dies at 93
2003 – Maurice Blanchot, French author (b. 1907)
2013 – Antonio Roma, Argentinian footballer, dies at 80