1004 – Abbo of Fleury [Floriacensis], French abbott and saint, dies
1868 – Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (Barber of Seville, William Tell), dies at 76
1869 – Iskandar Ali Mirza, Bengali-Pakistani general and 1st President of Pakistan (1956-58), dies of a heart attack at 70
1967 – Harriet Cohen, British pianist, dies at 71
1979 – Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright (b. 1907)
1994 – Lewis Bingham Keeble, British-born town planner, dies at 79
1997 – Dawud M. Mu’Min, American murderer (b. 1953)
2001 – Raphaël Sommer, Czech cellist, and educator, dies of an aortic aneurysm at 64
2001 – Margaret “Peggy” Mount, British actress (Oliver!, Panic in the Parlor), dies following a stroke at 86
2024 – Theodore Olson, American attorney (42nd Solicitor General of the United States, 2001-04), dies of a stroke at 84
