1458 – Mapheus Vegius, [Maffeo Vegio], Italian lawyer/humanist/poet, dies
1509 – Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (b. 1443)
1764 – Ralph Allen, English businessman and politician (b. 1693)
1923 – Fritz Mauthner, German author/philosopher (skepticism), dies at 73
1935 – Jack O’Neill, American baseball player (b. 1873)
1953 – Jules van Nuffel, composer, dies at 70
1967 – Jayne Mansfield, American actress (The Girl Can’t Help It), dies in a car crash at 34
1978 – Bob Crane, American DJ and actor (Col Hogan-Hogan’s Heroes, Donna Reed), murdered at 49
1992 – Pierre Billotte, French military man (IIGM), dies
1995 – Roy Rowland, film director, dies at 84