1437 – Catherine of Valois, Queen of Henry V of England, dies at 35
1560 – Peder Palladus, Danish church reformer (Visitasbog), dies at about 56
1670 – George Monck, English general, dies at 61
1967 – Mary Garden, opera star, dies at 92
1974 – Gino Cervi, Italian actor (Les Miserables, Naked Maja), dies at 72
1977 – Avraham Ofer, Israeli minister of housing, commits suicide
1992 – Ken Grieves, Australian cricketer (NSW and Lancashire leg-spin all-rounder), dies at 66
1994 – Roel Bazen, Dutch sound technician (Van Kooten and The Bie), dies at 48
1994 – Heather Sears, British actress (b. 1935)
2002 – Juan García Esquivel, Mexican band leader (b. 1918)