August 21
August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 132 days remaining. Events1600-17991680 - Pueblo Indians captured Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt1770 - James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.1772 - The coup d'etat by King Gustav III is completed by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and creating him an enlightened despot.
1800-18991831 - Nat Turner leads slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia1841 - The venetian Blind was first patented.1842 - City of Hobart founded.1852 - Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory1858 - Lincoln-Douglas debates begin1862 - The Vienna Stadtpark opens its gates.1863 - Lawrence, Kansas destroyed by William Quantrill, Jesse and Frank James, the Younger Brothers, et. al.1879 - Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist appeared in Knock to local people.
1900-19991944 - Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations1959 - Hawaii is admitted as the 50th U.S. state.1968 - Soviet tanks under Leonid Brezhnev invaded Czechoslovakia1971 - Black Panther George Jackson was shot and killed in the prison yard at California's San Quentin prison.1986 - Toxic gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing over 1700 people.1987 - Hard rock band Guns 'N Roses release their classic debut Appetite for Destruction.1991 - Latvia declares its full independence from the Soviet Union.1991 - Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.1998 - The United States destroys a pharmaceutical plant (erroneously believed to be a chemical weapons plant) in Sudan.
2000-20992001 - NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.2001 - A sixth-century temple is discovered in central Mexico.2001 - The Red Cross announces that a famine is striking Tajikistan, and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.2002 - Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada, announced that he would not seek re-election and would resign within eighteen months.
Births1100-17991165 - King Philip II of France (d. 1223)1535 - Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)1765 - William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)1789 - Augustin Louis Cauchy, mathematician (d. 1857)
1800-18991811 - William Kelly, iron manufacturer, inventor (d. 1888)1872 - Aubrey Beardsley, illustrator (d. 1898)
1900-19991904 - William "Count" Basie, bandleader (d. 1984)1906 - Friz Freleng, movie animator (d. 1995)1920 - Christopher Robin Milne, inspiration for the Christopher Robin character in the Winnie the Pooh stories (d. 1996)1923 - Shimon Peres, Prime Minister of Israel1924 - Chris Schenkel, sports journalist 1924 - Jack Weston, actor (d. 1996)1928 - Art Farmer, trumpet player (d. 1999)1930 - Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d. 2002)1932 - Melvin Van Peebles, actor, screenwriter1933 - Janet Baker, English mezzo-soprano1936 - Wilt Chamberlain, Basketball Hall of Famer (d. 1999)1938 - Kenny Rogers, singer, actor1939 - Clarence Williams III, actor1944 - Jackie DeShannon, singer 1944 - Peter Weir, film director1952 - Joe Strummer, musician (d. 2002)1954 - Ivan Stang, founder of the Church of the SubGenius1956 - Kim Cattrall, actress1959 - Jim McMahon, National Football League quarterback1963 - Mohammed VI of Morocco1967 - Carrie-Anne Moss, actress 1967 - Serj Tankian, singer for System of a Down1969 - Josée Chouinard, Canadian figure skater1978 - Reuben Droughns, American football player1978 - Jason Marquis,Major League Baseball pitcher1984 - Alizée, singer
Deaths1100-18991157 - Alfonso VII, king of Castile (b. 1104/5)1153 - Bernard of Clairvaux, Christian theologian1581 - Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)1614 - Elizabeth Báthory, serial killer
1900-19991940 - Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary1940 - Ernest Lawrence Thayer, poet1947 - Ettore Bugatti, automobile manufacturer1951 - Constant Lambert, composer1978 - Charles Eames, American designer and architect1983 - Benigno S. Aquino Jr, Philippine opposition leader1988 - Ray Eames, American designer1997 - Norris Bradbury, physicist
2000-20992003 - Kathy Wilkes, Oxford philosopher and education worker in Eastern Europe 2003 - Wesley Willis, musician
Holidays and observancesRoman Empire - Consualia, in honor of Consus, is held
External links BBC: On This Day
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