1346 – Louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, dies in battle
1944 – Musa Cälil, Russian-Soviet Tatar poet (The Moabit Notebooks), and resistance fighter, executed by guillotine in Plötzensee Prison, Berlin at 38
1971 – Ted Lewis [Theodore Leopold Friedman], American entertainer, bandleader and musician (Is Everybody Happy?), dies of lung failure at 81
2001 – Ken Tyrrell, English race driver and founder of Tyrrell Racing, dies at 77
2001 – Madge Adam, English solar astronomer (1st solar physicist at Oxford university’s observatory), dies at 89
2007 – Ray Jones, English footballer, dies when he crashed his car into a bus 3 weeks after getting his driver’s license at 18
2016 – Marvin Kaplan, American character and voice actor (Top Cat – “Choo Choo”; Alice – “Henry”), dies at 89
2018 – John McCain, American war hero and Republican politician (Rep-Arizona, 1983-2018, Presidential candidate, 2008), dies of brain cancer at 81
2021 – Robin Miller, American motorsports journalist (Indianapolis Star, Autoweek, Car and Driver, ESPN, Speed, NBCSN), dies from leukemia at 71
2021 – Neal Brendel, American rugby union prop (6 Tests; Pittsburgh RC) and executive (Chairman USA Rugby 2002-05), dies from cancer at 66