741 – Charles Martel, ruler of the Franks and grandfather of Charlemagne, dies at 63
1674 – Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, dies at 53
1926 – Jules van den Heuvel, Belgian lawyer, politician (Minister of Justice, 1899-1907), and diplomat (Ambassador to the Vatican, 1915-18), dies at 71
1927 – Ross Youngs, American Baseball HOF right fielder (World Series 1921, 22; NY Giants), dies of Bright’s disease at 30
1935 – Komitas [Soghomon Soghomonian], Armenian priest, composer (Patarag), and musicologist, dies at 66
1965 – Paul Tillich, German-American theologist (Courage To Be), dies at 79
1981 – Michael Granger, actor (Creature with Atom Brain, Pier 5 Havana), dies
1986 – Jane Dornacker, American stand-up comic, songwriter, rock vocalist (The Tubes), and ill-fated traffic reporter, dies in a helicopter crash at 39
2006 – Choi Kyu-hah, President of South Korea, dies at 87
2021 – Peter Scolari, American stage and screen Emmy Award-winning actor (Newhart – “Michael”; Girls – “Tad”; Bosom Buddies – “Henry”), dies of cancer at 66