1387 – Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies
1460 – King James II of Scotland (b. 1430)
1712 – Joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654)
1857 – Eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804)
1924 – Joseph Conrad, Polish-English novelist (Lord Jim; Heart of Darkness), dies at 66
1948 – Tommy Ryan, American boxer (World Welterweight, Middleweight champion), dies at 78
1957 – John Vernou “Black Jack” Bouvier, father of Jacqueline Kennedy, dies of cancer
2001 – Christopher Hewett, British actor (Mr. Belvedere; The Producers) and theater director, dies of complications from diabetes at 80
2017 – Robert Hardy, British actor (Harry Potter, All Creatures Great and Small), dies at 91
2022 – Raymond Damadian, American physician and inventor of the MRI scanning machine, dies at 86