1076 – Prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027)
1938 – O Mandelstam, writer, dies
1952 – Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76
1955 – Alfred Carpenter, English Royal Navy soldier, dies at 74
1978 – Chris Bell, American rock guitarist (Big Star), dies in a car crash at 27
1979 – Hafizullah Amin, Afghan politician (President of Afghanistan, 1979), killed by Russian forces in a coup during Soviet invasion at 50
1985 – Harry Hopman, Australian tennis player, coach (Davis Cup captain 1939-67, won 16), dies of a heart attack at 79
1986 – Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, composer, dies at 78
1994 – Peter May, English cricketer (4537 runs-Eng 1951-61), dies at 64
2015 – Stevie Wright, British-born Australian singer with the Easybeats (Friday on my Mind), dies at 68