1349 – Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury
1486 – Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45
1785 – George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician (b. 1716)
1956 – Alfred Wagenknecht, German-born American activist, dies at 75
1979 – Mika Waltari, Finnish author (b. 1908)
1988 – Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer (b. 1957)
1989 – Henk Heidweiller, ambassador of Suriname, dies
1990 – Minoru Honda, Japanese astronomer (b. 1913)
1992 – Arthur Leigh Allen, American suspected murderer (b. 1933)
2007 – Gaston Thorn, Luxembourger politician (b. 1928)