1346 – Charles II of Alençon, killed in the Battle of Crécy (b. 1297)
1551 – Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)
1661 – Louis Couperin, composer, dies
1813 – Daniel Gottlob Turk, composer, dies at 63
1849 – Jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer, dies at 66
1915 – John Bunny American film comedian, dies at 51
1980 – Rosa Albach-Retty, German actress (b. 1874)
1986 – Jennifer Levin, American murder victim, strangled by Robert Chambers in New York City’s Central Park aged 18
1986 – Ted Knight [Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka], American actor (Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort), dies of colorectal cancer at 62
1993 – Alan Wharton, English cricketer (England batsman once v NZ 1949, scored 7 and 13), dies at 70