1647 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (inventor of barometer), dies at 39
1806 – Henry Knox, American general (Continental Army and later the United States Army) and 1st US Secretary of War (1785-94), dies at 56 after swallowing a chicken bone which lodged in his throat and caused a fatal infection
1936 – Jaime de Magalhães Lima, Portuguese author and poet (Salmos do Prisoneiro), dies at 76
2010 – Lisa Blount, American actress (An Officer and a Gentleman) and short film producer (The Accountant), dies at 53
2013 – Hal Needham, American stuntman known for “Smokey and the Bandit” and “The Cannonball Run”, dies from cancer at 82
2022 – Pierre Soulages, French abstract painter (Peinture 130×102 cm, 22 juillet 2020), dies at 102
2023 – Zdeněk Mácal, Czech conductor (Milwaukee Symphony, 1986-95; New Jersey Symphony, 1992-2003; Czech Philharmonic, 2003-07), dies at 87
2024 – Phil Lesh [Chapman], American rock bassist (Grateful Dead – “Box of Rain”), dies at 84
2025 – Sharon Camp, American reproductive rights advocate, public policy expert and founder of Women’s Capital Corporation, dies at 81
2025 – Manuel Lapuente, Mexican soccer forward (13 caps; Necaxa, Puebla) and manager (Mexico 1997–2000; CONCACAF Champions’ Cup 1991; Puebla, 2006 América), dies at 81