1306 – Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, King of Hungary (1301-05) and King of Bohemia and Poland (1305-06), stabbed to death at 16
1712 – Johann Jacob de Neufville, German composer, dies at 27
1778 – Pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698)
1859 – Jean Vianney, French Catholic priest, dies at 73
1938 – Pearl White, American actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline), dies at 49
1981 – Melvyn Douglas [Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg], American actor (Hud, Being There, Ghost Story), dies at 80
1996 – Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist, dies at 59
2006 – John Locke, American rock keyboardist (Spirit-I Got A Line on You), dies of cancer at 62
2012 – Arnie Risen, Basketball Hall of Fame center (4-time NBA All Star), dies at 87
2013 – Sandy Woodward [John Forster], English admiral (British Naval Task Force, Falklands War), dies at 81