1619 - Remonstrant Society forms in Antwerp
1941 - Approximately 33,771 Jews are shot to death or buried alive at Babi Yar ravine near Kiev, Ukraine, by Nazi troops over two days
1943 - Pope Pius XII's encyclical on the Divine Spirit
1990 - MLB Chicago White Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 2-1 in the last game at Comiskey Park, Chicago
2024 - The UK becomes the first major economy to give up coal, ceasing operations at its last coal-fired power station at Ratcliffe-on-Soar
1824 - Peter Milne, Scottish composer and violinist, known as the "Tarland Minstrel", born in Kincardine O'Neil, Scotland (d. 1908)
1919 - Patricia Neway, American soprano (Consul; Maria Golovia), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2012)
1942 - Dewey Martin, Canadian rock drummer (Buffalo Springfield - "For What It's Worth"), born in Chesterville, Ontario (d. 2009)
1946 - Héctor Lavoe [Pérez], Puerto Rican salsa singer, born in Machuelo Abajo, Ponce, Puerto Rico (d. 1993)
1972 - José Lima, Dominican baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1999 Houston Astros; Detroit Tigers, LA Dodgers), born in Santiago, Dominican Republic (d. 2010)
1986 - Storm Jameson, English writer and critic, dies at 95
1993 - Paul Nowee, Dutch writer of children's and youth books. (Arendsoog.. premiejager), dies at 57
1996 - Kenneth Muir, English scholar, dies at 89
2008 - Christa Reinig, German poet and writer (Idleness is the Root of All Love, The Tightrope Walker), dies at 82
2020 - Quino [Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón], Argentine cartoonist (Mafalda), dies at 88
The USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine, is commissioned by the U.S. Navy. In August 1958, it accomplished the first voyage under the geographic North Pole. The Nautilus was decommissioned on March 3, 1980.