630 – King Ardashir III of Persia
1404 – Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1363-1404), dies at 62
1813 – Zebulon Pike, American brigadier general and explorer (Pike’s Peak), dies in battle at 34
1871 – Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59
1872 – Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70
1873 – William Charles Macready, British actor, manager, and diarist, dies at 80
1938 – Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44
1972 – Kwame Nkrumah, 1st Prime Minister of Ghana (1957-60) and 1st President Ghana (1960-66), dies at 62
1973 – Jim Sims, English cricket spin bowler (4 Tests, 11 wickets; Middlesex), dies at 69
2002 – Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Dutch-Swiss industrialist, dies at 81