471 – Gennadius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 458)
1482 – Margaret of Anjou, Queen consort of England by marriage to King Henry VI, major figure during the War of the Roses, dies at 52
1925 – Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal, dies at 72
1939 – (Charles) “Babe” Siebert, Canadian NHL ice hockey player, 1925-39, 3X All-Star (Montreal Maroons, Boston Bruins, and 2 other teams), drowns in Lake Huron at 35
1968 – Stan McCabe, Australian cricket batsman (39 Tests, @ 48.21, 6 x 100, HS 232; NSWCA), dies of a fractured skull at 58
1985 – Samantha Smith, American peace activist and actress (invited to the Soviet Union during Cold War), dies in plane at 13
1990 – Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer and radio personality, dies at 87
1997 – Robert Pinget, French novelist (The Interrogation) and playwright, dies at 78
1998 – Lewis F. Powell Jr., American Supreme Court justice (1972-87), dies at 90
2002 – Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer (b. 1923)