523 – Thrasamund, King of Vandals and Alans (496-523)
1757 – Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician, dies at 73
1852 – Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, Belgian composer, dies at 75
1950 – Agnes Smedley, writer, dies
1960 – Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67
1960 – Vern Bickford, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1949; no-hitter 1950; Boston / Milwaukee Braves), dies from cancer at 39
1984 – Bonner Pink, Conservative Party politician
2002 – Otis Blackwell, American songwriter (“Fever”; “Don’t Be Cruel”; “Great Balls Of Fire”; All Shook Up”), dies of a heart attack at 70
2009 – Valentin Varennikov, Soviet-Russian general and statesman, dies at 85
2020 – Steve Blackmore, Welsh rugby union prop (4 caps; Cardiff RFC), dies from a brain tumour at 58