446 – St Proclus, patriarch and archbishop of Constantinople, dies
1846 – Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81
1862 – Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (Democrat: 1837-41), dies of heart failure at 79
1990 – Alan Clarke, director (Elephant, Road, Scum, Firm), dies at 54
1997 – Andrew Cunanan, American serial killer (Gianni Versace), commits suicide at 27
2000 – Anatoli Firsov, Russian ice hockey left wing (Olympic gold 1964, 68, 72; 8 x World C’ship gold), dies at 59
2008 – Norman Dello Joio [Nicodemo DeGioio], American classical composer (Choreography: Three Dances for Strings), dies at 95
2012 – John Atta Mills, Ghanaian President, dies at 68
2020 – Naazim Richardson, American boxing trainer (Bernard Hopkins, “Sugar” Shane Mosley), dies of stroke complications at 55
2020 – Eric Sweeney, Irish contemporary composer (The Green One), dies at 72