1076 – Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria and the last Anglo-Saxon earl, beheaded after rebelling against William the Conquorer
1246 – Isabella of Angouleme, queen consort of King John of England (1200-16) and Countess of La Marche, dies at about 58
1847 – Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47), dies at 67
1906 – Hermann Schell, German theologist and philodopher (Gott und Geist), dies of a heart attack at 56
1996 – Elsbeary Hobbs, American rocker (Drifters), dies at 59
2010 – Rubén Juárez, Argentine bandoneonist, dies of cancer at 62
2010 – Chris Haney, Canadian journalist who created the board game “Trivial Pursuit”, dies at 59
2017 – Jiří Bělohlávek, Czech conductor (Czech Philharmonic, 1990-92 and 2012-17; Prague Philharmonia, 1993-2005; BBC Symphony, 2006-12), dies of cancer at 71
2020 – Christo [Javacheff], Bulgarian artist and wrapper (Running Fence), dies at 84
2021 – Phil Johnstone, British songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer (Robert Plant), dies at 63