August, 21st in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 21, 2005:
Pope Benedict XVI concludes World Youth Day with a mass. Over 800,000 people attended the closing liturgy.

Saturday 21, 2004:
A grenade attack on Bangladesh Awamee League, the bigest political party in Bangladesh kills 22 and injures more than a thousand, including party president Sheikh Hasina.

Wednesday 21, 2002:
Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada, announces that he will not seek re-election and would resign within eighteen months.

Tuesday 21, 2001:
The Red Cross announces that a famine is striking Tajikistan, and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Friday 21, 1998:
The United States destroys a pharmaceutical plant (erroneously believed to be a chemical weapons plant) in Sudan.

Thursday 21, 1997:
The British Rock Group Oasis release album, Be Here Now.

Saturday 21, 1993:
NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.

Wednesday 21, 1991:
Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.

Friday 21, 1987:
Hard rock band Guns 'N Roses release their classic debut Appetite for Destruction.

Thursday 21, 1986:
Toxic gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing over 1700 people.

Saturday 21, 1976:
Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjeom, Korea

Saturday 21, 1971:
Black Panther George Jackson is shot and killed in the prison yard at California's San Quentin prison.

Wednesday 21, 1968:
Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia.

Friday 21, 1959:
President Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union.

Monday 21, 1944:
Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.

Monday 21, 1911:
The Mona Lisa was stolen by a Louvre employee.

Tuesday 21, 1888:
The first successful adding machine in the United States was patented by William Seward Burroughs.

Thursday 21, 1879:
The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist reportedly appear to the people of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland.

Wednesday 21, 1878:
The American Bar Association is founded

Friday 21, 1863:
Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerillas Quantrill's Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre.

Thursday 21, 1862:
The Vienna Stadtpark opens its gates.

Saturday 21, 1858:
The Lincoln-Douglas debates begin

Thursday 21, 1856:
America's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856)

Saturday 21, 1852:
Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory

Sunday 21, 1842:
The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded.

Saturday 21, 1841:
The venetian blind is first patented in the United States by John Hampson.

Sunday 21, 1831:
Nat Turner leads slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia

Friday 21, 1772:
King Gustav III completes his coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing him as an enlightened despot.

Tuesday 21, 1770:
James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.

Wednesday 21, 1680:
Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt

Friday 21, 1192:
Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Sh?gun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/21-august/on-this-day.html


People born on August 21

1984:
Alizée, French singer (b: August 21, 1984) (Biography of Alizée)

1978:
Reuben Droughns, American football player (b: August 21, 1978) (Biography of Reuben Droughns)
Jason Marquis, American baseball player (b: August 21, 1978) (Biography of Jason Marquis)

1974:
Robbie Overholt, Canadian Musician/Songwriter (b: August 21, 1974) (Biography of Robbie Overholt)

1969:
Josée Chouinard, Canadian figure skater (b: August 21, 1969) (Biography of Josée Chouinard)

1967:
Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress (b: August 21, 1967) (Biography of Carrie-Anne Moss)
Serj Tankian, Lebanese-born singer (System of a Down) (b: August 21, 1967) (Biography of Serj Tankian)

1964:
Trinity Loren, American porn star, model and stripper (b: August 21, 1964) (Biography of Trinity Loren)

1963:
Mohammed VI of Morocco (b: August 21, 1963) (Biography of Mohammed VI of Morocco)

1962:
Jeff Stryker, American adult film actor (b: August 21, 1962) (Biography of Jeff Stryker)

1959:
Jim McMahon, American football player (b: August 21, 1959) (Biography of Jim McMahon)

1956:
Kim Cattrall, English-born actress (b: August 21, 1956) (Biography of Kim Cattrall)

1954:
Ivan Stang, American writer (b: August 21, 1954) (Biography of Ivan Stang)

1952:
Joe Strummer, British musician and singer (The Clash) (b: August 21, 1952 ; d: December 22, 2002) (Biography of Joe Strummer)

1944:
Peter Weir, Australian film director (b: August 21, 1944) (Biography of Peter Weir)
Jackie DeShannon, American singer (b: August 21, 1944) (Biography of Jackie DeShannon)

1939:
Clarence Williams III, American actor (b: August 21, 1939) (Biography of Clarence Williams III)
James Burton, American guitarist (b: August 21, 1939) (Biography of James Burton)

1938:
Kenny Rogers, American singer and actor (b: August 21, 1938) (Biography of Kenny Rogers)

1936:
Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player (b: August 21, 1936 ; d: October 12, 1999) (Biography of Wilt Chamberlain)

1933:
Janet Baker, English opera singer (mezzo-soprano) (b: August 21, 1933) (Biography of Janet Baker)

1932:
Melvin Van Peebles, American actor and screenwriter (b: August 21, 1932) (Biography of Melvin Van Peebles)

1930:
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (b: August 21, 1930) (Biography of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon)

1928:
Art Farmer, American trumpet player (b: August 21, 1928) (Biography of Art Farmer)

1925:
Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b: August 21, 1925 ; d: January 11, 2003) (Biography of Maurice Pialat)

1924:
Chris Schenkel, American sports journalist (b: August 21, 1924 ; d: September 11, 2005) (Biography of Chris Schenkel)
Jack Weston, American actor (b: August 21, 1924) (Biography of Jack Weston)

1923:
Shimon Peres, Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: August 21, 1923) (Biography of Shimon Peres)

1908:
M. M. Kaye, British writer (b: August 21, 1908 ; d: January 29, 2004) (Biography of M. M. Kaye)

1906:
Friz Freleng, American movie animator (b: August 21, 1906 ; d: May 26, 1995) (Biography of Friz Freleng)

1904:
William "Count" Basie, American bandleader (b: August 21, 1904 ; d: April 26, 1984) (Biography of Count Basie)

1872:
Aubrey Beardsley, English illustrator (b: August 21, 1872 ; d: March 16, 1898) (Biography of Aubrey Beardsley)

1826:
Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (b: August 21, 1826) (Biography of Karl Gegenbaur)

1816:
Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (b: August 21, 1816) (Biography of Charles Frédéric Gerhardt)

1813:
Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (b: August 21, 1813) (Biography of Jean Stas)

1811:
William Kelly, American inventor (b: August 21, 1811) (Biography of William Kelly (inventor))

1801:
Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch politician (b: August 21, 1801 ; d: May 19, 1876) (Biography of Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer)

1789:
Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b: August 21, 1789 ; d: May 23, 1857) (Biography of Augustin Louis Cauchy)

1765:
William IV of the United Kingdom (b: August 21, 1765 ; d: June 20, 1837) (Biography of William IV of the United Kingdom)

1754:
William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (b: August 21, 1754) (Biography of William Murdoch)

1670:
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (b: August 21, 1670 ; d: June 12, 1734) (Biography of James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick)

1665:
Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (b: August 21, 1665 ; d: December 1, 1729) (Biography of Giacomo F. Maraldi)

1660:
Hubert Gautier, French scientist and civil engineer (b: August 21, 1660) (Biography of Hubert Gautier)

1597:
Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (b: August 21, 1597 ; d: June 27, 1672) (Biography of Roger Twysden)

1567:
Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva and saint (b: August 21, 1567 ; d: December 28, 1622) (Biography of Francis de Sales)

1535:
Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b: August 21, 1535 ; d: August 30, 1619) (Biography of Shimazu Yoshihiro)

1165:
King Philip II of France (b: August 21, 1165 ; d: July 14, 1223) (Biography of Philip II of France)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/21-august/births.html