1384 – Louis II, Count of Flanders, dies at 53
1788 – Bonnie Prince Charlie [Charles Edward Stuart], English pretender to throne (Jacobite rebellion), dies of a stroke at 67
1797 – Johann Abraham Sixt, German organist, harpsichord player, and composer, dies at 40
1951 – Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer (Volkswagen Beetle; Mercedes-Benz SS) and founder of the Porsche car company, dies at 75
1970 – Malcolm Keen, British actor (The Lodger, The Manxman, The Murder Party), dies at 82
1976 – Beau De Glen “Mance” Lipscomb, American blues singer and guitarist (“Shine On, Harvest Moon”), dies of a stroke at 80
1983 – Joan Valerie, American actress (Pier 13), dies of pneumonia at 71
2002 – Carlo Karges, German guitarist and songwriter (Nena – “99 Luftballons”), dies of liver failure at 50
2007 – Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor and artistic director (b. 1934)
2020 – Jörn Donner, Finnish director (Anna, Tenderness), dies at 86