1264 - Urbanus IV [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies
1817 - Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russian naval commander and admiral (b. 1744)
1853 - François Arago, French astronomer, physicist (chromosome) and politician, dies at 67
1961 - Reggie Spooner, English cricket batsman (10 Tests; dual cricket/rugby union international), dies at 80
1962 - Boris Y. Bukreev, Russian mathematician (b. 1859)
1968 - Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (Nude Descending a Staircase), dies at 81
1993 - William Berger, Austrian American actor (Face to Face, Adventure of Hercules), dies of prostate cancer at 65
2006 - Milly Vitale, Italian actress (7 Little Foys, War and Peace, Juggler), dies at 73
2008 - Rob Guest, New Zealand entertainer (b. 1950)
2010 - Kwa Geok Choo, wife of Singapore PM Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1920)
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