1387 – Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies
1917 – Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (Frobenius–Stickelberger formulae), dies at 67
1943 – Edward “Corky” Cornelius, American jazz trumpeter (Benny Goodman; Gene Krupa), dies of kidney failure at 28
1951 – Neville Tufnell, English cricket wicket-keeper (Test for England 1910), dies at 64
1964 – Flannery O’Connor, American writer (Good Man is Hard to Find), dies pf lupus at 39
2007 – John Gardner, English spy and thriller novelist (Boysie Oakes novels; James Bond continuation novels), dies of suspected heart failure at 80
2008 – Skip Caray, American TV and radio broadcaster (b. 1939)
2008 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel Prize for Literature 1970), dies at 89
2011 – Bubba Smith, American College Football Hall of Fame defensive end (Michigan State; Pro Bowl 1970, 71; First Team All Pro 1971; Super Bowl 1971; Baltimore Colts) and actor (Police Academy), dies of acute drug intoxication and heart disease at 66
2015 – Les Munro, New Zealand WWII pilot (Dambusters), dies at 96