311 – Galerius, Emperor of Rome (305-311) ended persecution of Christianity in the East, dies of disease
1219 – King Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150)
1309 – Charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies
1971 – Violet Jessop, Titanic survivor (b. 1887)
1985 – Sir Donald Bailey, British civil engineer (b. 1901)
1993 – Lenore Kingston Jenson, dies of cancer at 79
2003 – Walter Sisulu, South African activist (b. 1912)
2018 – Rosemarie Schruder, German writer, dies at 89
2018 – Ermanno Olmi, Italian film director (The Tree of Wooden Clogs), dies at 86
2020 – Hillard “Sweet Pea” Atkinson, American RandB singer (Was (Not Was)), dies of a heart attack at 74