1296 – Edmund Crouchback, English prince and son of Henry III of England, dies at 51
1667 – Francesco Sforza Pallavicino, Italian theologist and historian (Istoria del Concilio di Trento), dies at 59
1885 – Julius Benedict, German opera composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80
1893 – Mary Ann Shadd Cary, American-Canadian anti-slavery campaigner, suffragist and 1st African American newspaper publisher (“The Provincial Freeman”), dies of stomach cancer at 69
1908 – Luca Fumagalli, Italian pianist and composer (Luigi XI), dies at 71
1913 – Chris von der Ahe, German entrepreneur and owner of St. Louis Brown Stockings, dies at 61
1992 – Max Lerner, American journalist (NY Post) and educator, dies at 88
2004 – Ronald Reagan, 40th US President (Republican: 1981-89) and actor (Bedtime for Bonzo), dies at 93
2005 – Susi Nicoletti, German actress (b. 1918)
2012 – Barry Unsworth, English novelist (Sacred Hunger), dies from lung cancer at 81