1112 – Sigebert of Gembloux, French chronicler
1799 – Antonio Dinis da Cruz e Silva, Portuguese poet (O Hissope), dies at 68
1885 – Doc Durant [Thomas C. Durant], American financier and railroad promoter (Transcontinental Railroad-Union Pacific), dies at 65
1918 – Roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies
1940 – Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican classical violinst, conductor, and composer (Cuauhnáhuac; Planos), dies of pneumonia at 40
1954 – Oscar Charleston, American Baseball HOF CF (NgL Triple Crown 1921 St. Louis Giants, 1924, 25 Harrisburg Giants) and manager (NgL WS 1933, 35, 36 Pittsburgh Crawfords), dies of a stroke at 57
2007 – Walter Kempowski, German writer (German Chronicle), dies at 78
2011 – Fred Shuttlesworth, American civil rights activist, dies at 89
2011 – Graham Dilley, English cricket fast bowler (41 Tests, 138 wickets; Kent CCC, Worcestershire CCC), dies from oesophageal cancer at 52
2016 – Michal Kováč, ist President of Slovakia (1993-98), dies at 86