1068 – Agnes of Poitou, duchess of Aquitania/mother of German Empress, dies
1829 – Jean Xavier Lefevre, composer, dies at 66
1862 – John Bordenave Villepigue, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 32
1919 – Eduard Müller, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1848)
1939 – Dirk Klop, Dutch intelligence lt, shot by German Abwehr
1955 – Tom Powers, American actor (Station West, Destination Moon), dies at 65
1974 – Egon Wellesz, Austrian-British composer (Alkestis; The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo), teacher, and musicologist (Byzantine), dies at 89
2004 – Stieg Larsson, Swedish author (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), dies of a heart attack at 50
2012 – Major Harris, American RandB singer (Love Won’t Let Me Wait), dies from congestive heart and lung failure at 65
2018 – Ken Howell, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 57