Famous Deaths May 6 Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland May 19 Dunstan, English Archbishop of Canterbury, Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, illustrator and silversmith (restored monastic life after era of Viking raids), dies at about 79 (canonized 1029) 987 AD History by Year 989 AD Famous People Who Were Authors Dictators Explorers Outlaws Queens Spies