1138 – Boleslaw III Wrymouth [scheefmond], Duke of Poland, dies at 52
1676 – Jean Desmarets, French writer (b. 1595)
1969 – Constance Dowling, actress (Blind Spot), dies of cardiac arrest at 49
1971 – Yves de La Casiniere, composer, dies at 74
1975 – Georges Carpentier, French boxer (world light heavyweight champion, 1st $1m gate v J Dempsey), dies of a heart attack at 81
1991 – John Korbal, film historian (Marlene Dietrich), dies at 51
1997 – Toni Carabillo, writer (Feminist Chronicles), dies of lymphoma at 71
2005 – Tony Jackson, American basketball player (b. 1942)
2006 – Trevor Berbick, Jamaican professional boxer, dies at 52
2019 – Al Bianchi, American basketball guard, coach and general manager (Philadelphia 76ers, Virginia Squires; GM NY Knicks), dies from congestive heart failure at 87