939 – King Athelstan I of England (b. 895)
1573 – Laurentius Petri, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1499)
1822 – Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, German pianist, composer and publisher, dies at 55
1938 – Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic, dies at 57
1942 – Helmuth Hubener, Youth Political Activist against the Hitler regime (b. 1925)
1962 – Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate (Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi), dies at 58
1973 – Allan “Rocky” Lane, American western cowboy actor (voice of Mr Ed, Red Ryder), dies from cancer at 64
1990 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American bandleader, dies at 90
1992 – David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (b. 1917)
2008 – Bernard W. Rogers, United States Army general who served as the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, dies at 87