1008 – Notger, Benedictine monk and 1st Prince-Bishop of Liège (972-1008), dies
1834 – John Macarthur, Australian pastoralist, helped found wool industry in Australia, dies at 66
1932 – André Baillon, Belgian-French author (and sabots), dies at 56
1974 – Patricia Collinge, dies at 81
1997 – Michael Dorris, American novelist (A Yellow Raft in Blue Water; The Broken Cord ). and scholar (Dartmouth), commits suicide at 52
2010 – Maria Kaczy?ska, Polish economist and First Lady of Poland, is killed in the crash of a Polish Air Force Tu-154 at 67
2017 – Banner Thomas, American rock bassist (Molly Hatchet), dies of a heart attack at 63
2023 – Al Jaffee, American comic strip cartoonist and illustrator (MAD Magazine), dies at 102
2024 – Ted Toleman, British motor sport executive (founder Toleman Racing F1 team), dies at 86
2025 – Leo Beenhakker, Dutch soccer manager (Ajax, Feyenoord, Real Madrid, Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago, Poland), dies at 82
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