1197 – Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, dies in Messina, Sicily
1618 – Gilles van Ledenberg, sec of Utrecht States (1588-1618), suicide at 68
1899 – Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter (Become his fare), dies
1914 – Stevan Mokranjac [Stojanović], Serbian cellist, educator and composer of choral music (Garlands), dies at 58
1943 – Charles Vintcent, cricketer (played in South Africa’s 1st 3 tests), dies
1961 – Michael Shepley, British actor (Squibs, Dick and the Duchess), dies at 54
1968 – Dewey Philip “Daddy-O”, American pioneering DJ, dies of heart failure at 42
1981 – Rómulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (b. 1908)
2004 – Christl Cranz, German alpine skier (combined gold Winter Olympics 1936), dies at 90
2016 – Gloria Naylor, American author (Women of Brewster Place), dies at 66