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Today In History - August 21 |
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On This Date in History |
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959 Erachus becomes the Bishop of Luik 1321 160 Jews in Chincon, France are burned at the stake 1560 Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy - a critical part of Keppler's future papers 1598 Deed of Transfers proclaims the Netherlands independence 1673 Sea battle at Kijkduin 1680 The Pueblo Indians take possession of Santa Fe from the Spanish 1703 The Turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II 1718 Turkey and Venice sign peace treaty 1841 John Hampton patents Venetian blinds 1858 The first Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois) 1863 Raid at Lawrence, KS by William Quantrill (Raiders) 1864 Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia ends with 2,500 casualties 1864 Battle of Grubbs Crossroads, KY 1864 Battle of Summit Point, VA 1864 Nathan B. Forrest's assault on Memphis, Tennessee 1878 The American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, New York 1888 William Seward Burroughs patents the adding machine 1897 Oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corporation division 1914 German troops occupy Tamines, Belgium 1914 The French offensive in the Ardennen/Sambre 1922 Curly Lambeau and the Green Bay Football Club are granted an NFL franchise 1926 Uprising against Greek leader Pangalos 1927 The 4th Pan-African Congress meets in New York City 1938 Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public and High School 1942 Alpine hunters plant a German flag on Elbroezgebergte, Kaukasus 1943 Gromyko is named the U.S.S.R. ambassador in Washington 1943 Japan leaves the Aleutian Islands 1944 The Germans storm up Hill 262: Normandy 1944 Raid on Jewish children's house in Secretan/St-Mande 1944 U.S. 12th Army Corp occupies Sens 1945 President Truman ends the Lend-Lease program 1947 The first Little League World Series: The Maynard Midgets of Williamsport Pennsylvania win 1959 Hawaii becomes the 50th U.S. state 1961 Jomo Kenyatta is freed in Kenya 1963 Martial law is declared in South Vietnam following raids on Buddhist pagodas 1965 Romania adopts a constitution 1967 China reports downing of 2 U.S. bombers 1967 Mikis Theodorakis is arrested in Greece 1968 The Democratic Convention opens in Chicago 1968 Marine James Anderson, Jr. becomes the first black Medal of Honor winner 1968 Radio Prague, at 12:50 AM, announces a soviet led invasion 1968 Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end the reform movement 1972 The British harbor strike ends 1972 The first hot air balloon flight over the Alps 1972 The Republican convention opens in Miami Beach, Florida 1972 The U.S. orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched 1975 The U.S. eases the trade embargo against Cuba 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic 1977 Donna Patterson Brice sets high speed water skiing record: 111.11 mph 1978 The first gay theme telefilm: Matlovich Vs the U.S. Air Force 1980 Linda Ronstadt opens in "Pirates of Penzance" on Broadway 1982 Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut, Lebanon 1983 "La Cage aux Folles" opens at the Palace Theater New York City for 1,761 performances! 1983 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf 1985 The New York Lotto pays $41 million to three winners 1986 Lake Nios Volcano in Cameroon kills 2,000+ people – many with toxic gases 1987 Clayton Lonetree becomes the first marine court-martialed for spying 1988 Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war 1988 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic 1991 A Communist coup is crushed in the U.S.S.R. in 2 days 1991 Latvia declares it's independence from the U.S.S.R. 1993 Bernie Taupin weds Strephanie Haymes 1993 NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer 1994 Ernesto Zedillo wins the Mexican presidential election 1994 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Chicago Golf Challenge 1995 U.S. marshals move in on Randy Weaver's cabin in Idaho – his wife and child are murdered 1996 Christie Lee Woods is crowned Miss Teen USA 1997 Typhoon Winnie kills 140 people, and injures 3,000 in China 1997 The U.S. government forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E. Coli break out |
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Famous Persons Born on This Date in History |
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1165 Philip II Augustus 1567 Francois de Sales 1642 Johann Friedrich Treiber 1660 Hubert Gautier 1689 Jose Pradas Gallen 1725 Jean-Baptiste Greuze 1751 Johann Georg Witthauer 1780 Jernej Kopitar 1806 Johannes Frederick Frohlich 1809 Francesco Schira 1810 Thomas Jefferson McKean 1821 William Barksdale 1824 John Sanford Mason 1825 Kate Fanny Loder 1829 Otto Goldschmidt 1847 Arthur T. Verhaegen 1852 Benedetto Junck 1871 Leonid N. Andrejev 1872 Aubrey Beardsley 1879 Henry Ainley 1880 Johan H. Westerveld 1890 Bill Henry 1892 Charles Vanel 1893 Lili Boulanger 1896 Blossom Rock 1896 Raymond Herreman 1896 Roark Bradford 1900 Eileen Percy 1902 Renato Fasano 1903 Yannis Constantinidis 1904 Count Basie 1906 Joachim Homs 1906 Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet 1907 Miguel Torga 1907 Roy K. Marshall 1908 David Farrar 1909 Jon William, Jr. 1912 Bruce Trent 1913 Cornelius Johnson 1913 Diana Churchill 1913 Victor Rosow 1914 Dallas Pratt 1914 Doug Wright 1915 Jack Weston 1916 William John Raff Hooper 1920 Christopher R. Milne 1928 Gillian Sheen 1928 Zdenek Lukas 1929 Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada 1930 Frank Perry 1930 Princess Margaret 1931 Gregg Smith 1931 Nancy Hadley 1932 Melvin Van Peebles 1933 Janet Baker 1935 Ken Taylor 1936 Mart Crowley 1936 Wilt Chamberlain 1937 Robert Stone 1938 Kenny Rogers 1939 Clarence Williams III 1939 Harold W. Reid 1940 Robert Camac 1944 Jackie DeShannon 1944 Perry Christie 1944 Peter Weir 1945 Patty McCormack 1946 Lev Alburt 1947 Carl Giammarese 1948 Taurean Blacque 1951 Bernhard Germeshausen 1951 Harry Smith 1954 Archie Griffin 1954 Steve Smith 1956 Carol Charbonnier 1956 Kim Cattrall 1957 Kim Sledge (Sister Sledge-We are Family) 1958 Dom Mamzi 1958 Steve Case 1959 Anne Hobbs 1959 Bud Schultz 1959 Jim McMahon 1959 Richard Zokol 1961 Danny Sheaffer 1961 Lance Earl Deal 1963 Melvin Douglas 1965 Jim Bullinger 1966 John Wetteland 1967 Carrie-Anne Moss 1967 Michael Bendetti 1967 Serj Tankian 1967 Tuineau Alipate 1968 Barbara Ann Moore 1968 Shinichi Iwasaki 1969 Andujar Cedeno 1969 Josee Chouinard 1970 Bill Roth 1970 Mark Hatfield 1970 Steve Everitt 1971 Shayne Edge 1972 Johnnie Harris 1973 Ben Mann 1973 Ismael Valdes 1974 Amy Fisher 1974 Pietra Gay 1976 Alicia Witt 1979 Aiesha Lee Hendrick 1979 Ashley Whitney 1989 Hayden Panettiere |
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