1139 – Godfried I, with the Beard, duke of Brabant/earl of Leuven, dies
1366 – Henry Suso, German mystic
1907 – René Pottier, French racing cyclist (Tour de France 1906), dies at 27
1957 – Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871)
1990 – Ian Dudley Hardy, entertainer, dies
1992 – Vernon William Reed Sr, singer, dies after a long illness at 73
1992 – Mahmoud Riad, Secretary-General of Arab League (1972-79), dies
1995 – John Smith, American actor (Cimarron City, Laramie, 7 Angry Men), dies at 63
1997 – Seldon Powell, American jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist, dies at 68
2005 – Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean writer and poet (b. 1907)