1085 – Gregory VII [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies
1935 – Sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer, dies at 71
1936 – Ján Levoslav Bella, Slovak composer, dies at 92
1939 – Joseph Duveen, British art connoisseur (Elgin marbles), dies at 69
1954 – Robert Capa, Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist, dies of injuries from a landmine explosion at 40
1981 – Rosa Ponselle [Ponzillo], American soprano opera diva (“Casta Diva”; La Forza del Destino – “Leonora”; Metropolitan Opera, 1918-37), dies at 84
1988 – Ernst Ruska, German physicist (1986 Nobel Prize for Physics for work on electron optics, and design of the first electron microscope), dies at 81
1992 – Philip C. Habib, US diplomat (Middle-East, Asia), dies at 72
1996 – Bradley Nowell, American ska musician (Sublime), dies of a heroin overdose at 28
2018 – Bill Mallory, College Football coach (Miami, Colorado, Northern Illinois, Indiana), dies after brain surgery from a fall at 82