1122 – Floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies
1127 – Charles, the Good, Count of Flanders, murdered
1919 – Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (b. 1812)
1937 – Gustav Wohlgemuth, German composer, dies at 73
1957 – Harry E Soref, inventor (padlock), dies at 70
1994 – Donald M. MacKinnon, Scottish philosopher, dies at 80
1996 – Jacobo Majluta Azar, 47th President of the Dominican Republic (1978-82), dies at 61
1998 – Henry Steele Commager, American historian (Atlas of Civil War), dies at 95
2003 – Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer, dies at 71
2015 – Mal Peet, British children’s author, dies at 67