1394 – Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England and wife of Richard II, dies at 28
1840 – Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia (1797-1840), dies at 69
1877 – Winand Staring, Dutch geologist (Bottom of Netherlands), dies at 68
1964 – Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer (544 runs in 15 Tests for South Africa), dies at 87
1973 – Christine Lavant, Austrian poet and writer (Das Kind), dies at 57
1974 – Émilie Charmy, French avant-garde artist, dies at 96
1989 – Milton van Embricqs, Suriname/Dutch publicist, dies
1993 – Drazen Petrovic, NBA player (NJ Nets), dies in auto-accident at 28
1994 – Vincent Nsengijumva, Rwandan archbishop of Kigali, murdered
2009 – Kenny Rankin, American singer (b. 1940)