900 – Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon monarch who was King of Wessex and King of the Anglo-Saxons, dies at 50 or 51
1658 – Francisco de Borja y Aragon Esquilache, Spanish poet, dies
1678 – John Jenkins, composer, dies
1733 – Antonio Veracini, composer, dies at 74
1929 – Arno Holz, German writer (Phantasus), dies at 66
1945 – Paul Pelliot, French Sinologist and Orientalist best known for his explorations of Central Asia and his discovery of many important Chinese texts among the Dunhuang manuscripts, dies at 67
1994 – Wilbert Harrison, American RandB singer (Kansas City), dies at 65
1994 – Rudi van Vlaenderen, Flemish actor/dir/poet (Thyestes), dies at 64
2004 – Bobby Avila, Major League Baseball player (b. 1924)
2010 – Glen “Frosty” Little, American circus clown (b. 1925)