1137 – Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67
1552 – St Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary to the East (b. 1506)
1676 – Daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried
1969 – Ruth White, American actress (To Kill a Mockingbird, Up the Down Staircase), dies of cancer at 55
1984 – Virginia Lacy Jones, American librarian and presidential advisor, dies at 72
1996 – Babrak Karmal, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1980-81), dies
2002 – Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970)
2007 – James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (b. 1948)
2015 – Roy Evans, British trade unionist and General Secretary (British Iron and Steel Trade Confederation), dies at 84
2018 – Andrei Bitov, Russian writer (Pushkin House), dies at 81