1265 – Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, killed in the Battle of Evesham (b. 1223)
1633 – George Abbott, English theologist and the Archbishop of Canterbury (1611-1633), dies at 60
1639 – Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58
1778 – Pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698)
1936 – Henry Schoenfeld, composer, dies at 78
1973 – Eddie Condon, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon’s Floor Show), dies at 68
1981 – Melvyn Douglas [Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg], American actor (Hud, Being There, Ghost Story), dies at 80
1984 – Walter Burke, American actor (Jack the Giant Killer), dies at 75 of emphysema
1992 – Frantisek Tomasek, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 93
2006 – John Locke, American rock keyboardist (Spirit-I Got A Line on You), dies of cancer at 62