655 – Pope Martin I, Umbrian cleric, Pope of the Imperial Church (649-53) who was banished due to his opposition to Monothelitism, and Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint, dies at between 55 and 65 [birthdate unceratin]
1775 – Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst, English privy councillor (b. 1684)
1865 – Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
1936 – Karl Buresch, Austrian lawyer and politician, dies at 57
1946 – Mamie Smith, American vaudeville singer, dancer and actress (Crazy Blues), dies at 63
1948 – Ferdinand I MKLM, prince of Saxony-Coburg/tsar of Bulgaria, dies
1977 – Marc Bolan, English rock vocalist and guitarist (T-Rex – “Bang a Gong (Get It On)”), dies in a car crash at 29
2020 – Stanley Crouch, American social critic and writer (Notes of a Hanging Judge; The All-American Skin Game, or, The Decoy of Race), dies at 74
2023 – Arild Hetleøen, Norwegian soccer central defender (4 caps; SK Brann), dies at 80
2025 – D. D. Lewis, American College Football HOF linebacker (Mississippi State University; Super Bowl VI, XII Dallas Cowboys), dies at 79