882 – King Louis III of France (b. 863)
1364 – Emperor Kōgon of Japan (Ashikaga Pretenders), 1st Northern Emperor, dies at 51
1799 – Richard Howe, British admiral, dies at 73
1923 – Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian scholar of Slavic studies, dies at 85
1978 – Queenie Smith, American actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79
1991 – Soichiro Hondo, Japanese CEO and founder of Honda, dies of liver cancer at 84
1995 – Agha Hasan Abedi, Pakistani banker and felon (BCCI), dies at 73
2011 – Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician (Deputy Prime Minister of Poland), dies at 57
2013 – George Duke, American Grammy Award-winning jazz and funk keyboard player, and composer, dies from chronic lymphocytic leukemia at 67
2014 – Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, 11th US Surgeon General (1969-73), dies at 87