969 – Nicephorus Phocas [Nikephoros II Phokas], Byzantine emperor (963-969), assassinated in his sleep at about 57 by his nephew and his wife’s lover John Tzimiskes and entourage
1573 – Alardus/Eilard de Waterlant, duke of Alva, hanged
1899 – Andrew Wauchope, British Major-General, dies in Battle of Magersfontein in the Boer war, South Africa. Another British Major, The Marquess of Winchester also killed.
1938 – Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian pacifist and internationalist (Nobel Peace Prize 1921), dies at 69
1950 – Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer, dies at 57
1979 – Claire Carleton, American actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66
1981 – I. D. du Plessis, South African writer and director (3rd World), dies at 81
1996 – William Rushton, actor, author and cartoonist (TW3, Private Eye), dies of a heart attack at 59
2008 – Patricia Hutchinson, British diplomat (Ambassador to Uruguay, 1980-83), dies at 82
2021 – Anne Rice, American Gothic novelist (Interview With A Vampire), dies of complications from a stroke at 80
