1089 – Lanfranc, Italian Archbishop of Canterbury (1070-89) and counsellor to William the Conqueror, dies
1650 – Gilles Hayne, Flemish composer, dies at 59
1948 – Unity Mitford, English fascist sympathizer and one of the Mitford sisters, dies from the effects of a bullet in her head at 33
1981 – Stefan Wyszyński, Polish Cardinal, dies at 79
1991 – Brigitte B Fischer, writer, dies
2001 – Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian medical scientist, dies at 79
2002 – Jean Berger [Arthur Schloßberg], German-born American composer, dies at 92
2008 – Robert Justman, American television producer (b. 1926)
2018 – Jens Christian Skou, Danish scientist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1997), dies at 99
2018 – María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer and actress, dies at 93