1326 – Hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286)
1674 – Philip Julius van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, dies at 37
1933 – Edward Julius Biedermann, American organist and composer, dies at 84
1961 – Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer, dies at 86
1968 – Arnold Zweig, German antifascist and author (Junge frau 1914), dies at 81
1971 – Joe Adonis, US crime-syndicate boss in NY and NJ, dies at 68
1972 – R. P. Keigwin, English academic, dies at 89
1995 – David Briggs, record producer, dies at 51
2003 – Soulja Slim, American rapper (b. 1978)
2010 – Palle Huld, Danish actor (b. 1912)