1385 – Andronicus IV Paleologus, Byzantine anti-emperor, dies
1915 – Victor Trumper, Australian cricket batsman (48 Tests, top score 214; key figure foundation of rugby league in Australia), dies of Bright’s disease at 37
1965 – [Theodora E] Betsy Ranucci-Beckman, actress (Dood Water), dies at 88
1981 – Mohammed Beheshti, Iranian cleric and politician (Chief Justice of Iran), assassinated in Hafte Tir bombing at 52
1982 – Gerard Rutten, Dutch film director (Sterren stralen overal), dies at 79
1991 – Klas Bruinsma, clergyman, dies
2001 – Joan Sims, British actress (“Carry on” films, As Time Goes By), dies from liver failure and diverticulitis at 71
2006 – Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, English barrister, politician and author, dies at 87
2008 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model, dies aged 20 after falling from the ninth-floor balcony of her Manhattan apartment under unexplained circumstances
2012 – Leontine T. Kelly, 1st African American female bishop (United Methodist Church), dies at 92