1224 – Adolf of Osnabrück, Saint Adolf (b. 1185)
1785 – James Oglethorpe, English military officer, philanthropist and founder of the US colony of Georgia, dies at 88
1971 – Viktor Patsayev, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-landing accident), dies in outer space aboard Soyuz 11 at 38
1973 – Nancy Mitford, English author (Love in a Cold Climate), one of the Mitford sisters, dies of cancer at 68
1980 – Virginia Brown Faire, American silent film actress (Lonesome Trail, Temptress), dies at 76
1995 – Sicco Mansholt, Dutch politician, (President of the Commission of Europe 1972-1973), dies at 86
2004 – Jamal Abro, Sindhi writer, dies at 80
2020 – Alfred Kotey, Ghanaian boxer (WBO Bantamweight C’ship 1994-95), dies of complications from a stroke at 52
2021 – Inge Danielsson, Swedish soccer midfielder (17 caps; Ifö/Bromölla IF, Helsingborgs IF, AFC Ajax, IFK Norrköping), dies at 80
2022 – Bill Squires, American track and field coach (Greater Boston Track Club: Bill Rodgers, Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, Greg Meyer; Boston State College 1965-78), dies at 89