238 – Balbinus, Roman Emperor, ruled 3 months with Pupienus
1507 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer, dies at 47
1612 – Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
1838 – Jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66
1839 – Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (b. 1755)
1983 – Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (Dr Kildare), dies of pneumonia at 86
1994 – John Bayard Britton, abortion doctor, killed by Paul Hill
2003 – Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader (b. 1937)
2009 – Gayatri Devi, 3rd Maharani consort of Jaipur, India (1940-49), dies of lung failure and gastric problems at 90
2018 – Tomasz Stańko, Polish trumpeter (Astigmatic), dies of complication from lung cancer at 76