1395 – Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria
1688 – Maximilian Henry of Bayern, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Bishop of Hildesheim and Bishop of Liège, dies at 66
1900 – Mary Kingsley, English ethnographer and explorer who became the first European to enter parts of Gabon, Africa, dies of typhoid at 37
1912 – Julius A. De Lagnel, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 84
1963 – Pope John XXIII [Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli], 261st Pope (1958-63), dies at 81
1989 – John McCauley, NHL official (b. 1945)
1994 – Parmeso Emekrasha, buddhist Monk, dies
1995 – Dilys Powell, film Critic, dies at 93
2016 – Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay], American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1964-7 74-8), dies of respiratory illness at 74
2020 – Pleasantly Perfect, American thoroughbred racehorse (Breeders’ Cup Classic 2003; Dubai World Cup 2004), dies at 22