1103 – Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)
1555 – Julius III [Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte], Counter-Reformation Pope (1550-55), dies at 67
1862 – Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German-Russian chancellor, dies at 81
1952 – Klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar and theologist (Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (liberated)), dies at 61
1977 – Bennie Green, American swing jazz and soul trombonist (Earl Hines), dies at 53
1994 – Alvara del Portillo, Spanish Opus Dei bishop, dies at 80
1995 – Alan Barton, English singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash at 41
1995 – Davie Cooper, Scottish soccer winger (22 caps; Clydebank, Rangers 376 games, Motherwell), dies of a subarachnoid haemorrhage at 39
1999 – Luis María Argaña, Paraguayan politician and high court judge, Vice President of Paraguay, assassinated by armed gunmen at 66
2015 – Roy Douglas, English composer and arranger (Tomorrow We Live – At Dawn We Die), dies at 107