1321 – Stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies
1618 – Walter Raleigh, English scholar, poet, historian and explorer, beheaded for treason at about 64
1790 – Pieter van Bleiswijk, Grand pensionary of Holland 1771-87, dies at about 66
1920 – Ernst Perabo, German-American composer, dies at 74
1957 – Rosemarie Nitribitt, German call girl, strangled in her apartment in an unsolved murder at 24
1981 – William O. Walker, American publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85
1986 – Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1913)
1991 – Harry Thomas, founder (Flower Festival, Dutch Homofielen Party), dies
2002 – Glenn McQueen, American animator (b. 1960)
2013 – Rudolf Kehrer, Soviet classical pianist of German heritage, dies at 90