992 – Mieszko I, Grand Duke and ruler of Poland (960-992), dies at around 61
1452 – John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury
1510 – Georges d’Amboise, French Roman Catholic cardinal, minister of state and viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49
1797 – John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal, dies at 78
1934 – Gustav Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59
1942 – Emanuel Feuermann, cellist (Chicago Symph Orchestra), dies at 39
1946 – Patty Smith Hill, American composer, teacher and songwriter (Happy Birthday to You), dies at 78
1990 – Victor “Vic” Tayback, American actor (Mel Sharples-“Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore “), dies of a heart attack at 60
2005 – Graham Kennedy, Australian television personality (b. 1934)
2012 – Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer, dies at 93