1644 – Francis Quarles, English poet (Enchiridion), dies at 52
1784 – Ann Lee, American founder of the Shakers, dies at 48
1953 – Fred M. Vinson, American Democratic politician, US Treasury Secretary (1945-46) and the 13th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1946-53), dies of a heart attack at 63
1975 – John Mylong, Austrian actor (Robot Monsters), dies at 82
1977 – Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel, American comedian and actor (Fiddler on the Roof, The Producers), dies of an aortic aneurysm at 62
1984 – Johnnie Parsons, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1950; AAA/USAC Championship 1949), dies at 66
1985 – John Franklin Enders, American microbiologist (1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for culturing poliovirus, developed measles vaccine), dies at 88
1990 – Denys Watkins-Pitchford, British writer and illustrator (The Little Grey Men), dies at 85
2006 – Erk Russell, American football, basketball, baseball and track coach, dies at 80
2014 – S. Truett Cathy, American businessman (founder of Chick-fil-A), dies at 93