869 – King Edmund of East Anglia
1758 – Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish violinist, conductor (Swedish Royal Orchestra), and composer (“Drottningholm Music”), known as the “Swedish Handel”, dies at 64
1851 – Wenzel Sedlak, Bohemian clarinetist and composer, dies at 75
1984 – Alexander Moyzes, Slovak composer, dies at 78
2000 – Mike Muuss, American computer programmer (Ping), dies in a car accident at 42
2008 – Sven Inge, Swedish painter and modern artist (b. 1935)
2015 – Jim Perry, American and Canadian tv host ($ale of the Century), dies at 82
2019 – Wataru Misaka, American basketball point guard (first non-white player, first player of Asian descent in BAA [later known NBA]; NY Knicks), dies at 95
2020 – Ernesto Canto, Mexican race walker (Olympic gold 20k 1984; World C’ship gold 20k 1983), dies from pancreatic and liver cancer at 61
2022 – Hebe de Bonafini, Argentine human rights activist (co-founded Mothers of Plaza de Mayo), dies at 93