Will Carling, rugby player and commentator, 56
Reeta Chakrabarti, broadcaster, 57
Emerson Fittipaldi, F1 racing driver, 75
Connie Francis, singer, 84
Kate Humble, TV presenter and writer, 53
Sophie Kinsella, author, 52
Chris Mullin, Labour MP, 74
Bill Nighy, actor, 72
Julian Opie, artist, 63
Ian Paisley, Democratic Unionist Party MP, 55
Professor Ulrike Tillmann, mathematician, 59
Dionne Warwick, singer, 81
Anniversaries
1896 Guglielmo Marconi gives first demonstration of wireless communication
1988 Collision of three trains in Clapham kills 35
1992 Princess Anne marries Commander Timothy Laurence in Scotland
2000 US Supreme Court rules out recount of ballots in Florida, sealing George W Bush’s election as president
2015 In Paris 195 countries agree to limit rise in global average temperature