1165 – Emperor Nijo of Japan (b. 1143)
1808 – John Home, Scottish writer (b. 1722)
1859 – Friedrich von Olivier, German landscape painter, dies at 68
1901 – Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (b. 1853)
1917 – Arthur Verhaegen, Belgian architect and worker’s union leader, dies at 70
1988 – Gert Fröbe [Karl Gerhart Fröbe], German actor (Goldfinger, Lover’s Wood, Upper Hand), dies from a heart attack at 75
1997 – Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Albanian born Indian nun and founder of Missionaries of Charity (Nobel Peace Prize, 1979), dies of cardiac arrest at 87
2002 – John “Jackie” Kelk, American actor and stand-up comedian (The Aldrich Family, The Adventures of Superman), dies of a lung infection at 79
2003 – Moe Biller, American labor union officer (AFL-CIO, Postal Workers), dies at 87
2013 – Willie Frazier, American football tight end (AFL All-Star 1965, 67, 69; All-Pro 1965; Houston Oilers, San Diego Chargers), dies at 71