Historical Events and Current Affairs on August 21

Erachus becomes bishop of Luik
1321: 160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake
1560: Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy
1598: -22] Deed of Transfers proclaims Netherlands independence
1673: Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English & French fleet
1680: Pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa F‚ from Spanish
1703: Turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II
1718: Emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty
1831: Nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton County, Virginia)
1841: John Hampton patents venetian blind
1858: 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)
1863: Raid at Lawrence KS by William Quantrill
1864: Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends after 2500 casualties
1864: Battle of Grubbs Crossroads, KY
1864: Battle of Summit Point, VA
1864: BBT Charleston, SC [->DEC 31]
1864: Gen-major Nathan B Forrests assault on Memphis, Tennessee
1878: American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, NY
1887: Mighty (Dan) Casey struck-out in a game with NY Giants!
1888: William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine
1891: Dutch Mackay govt resigns
1897: Oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corp division
1901: Joe McGinnity, suspended from NL for punching & spitting on an ump
1902: R H Frost discovers asteroid #505 Cava
1912: Mr Carter-Cotton chosen 1st chancellor of Univ of British Columbia
1914: Belgium: German troops occupy Tamines
1914: French offensive in the Ardennen/Sambre
1925: BV Emmen soccer team forms
1926: -22] Uprising against Greek president/dictator Pangalos
1927: 4th Pan-African Congress meets (NYC)
1930: Prohibition of Wieringermeer finished
1931: Babe Ruth hits his 600th HR, off George Blaeholder of Browns
1932: Wes Ferrell is 1st to win 20 games in each of his 1st 4 seasons
1933: E Delporte discovers asteroids #1285 Julietta & #1290 Albertine
1933: Ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in 1st All Star Game
1936: good feilding, Sox suspend him
1936: Red Sox Wes Ferrell, walks off mound when he feels he did no get
1938: Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public & High School
1942: Alpine hunters plant German flag on Elbroezgebergte, Kaukasus
1942: Transport nr 22 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1943: Gromyko named USSR-ambassador in Washington
1943: Japan leaves Aleutian Islands
1944: Germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy
1944: Grieg/Work/Forest's musical Song of Norway, premieres in NYC
1944: Oaks near Washington to plan the formation of the United Nations
1944: Raid on Jewish childrens house in Secr‚tan/St-Mand‚
1944: US 12nd Army corp occupies Sens
1944: US, British, Russian & Chinese representatives met at Dumbarton
1945: Pres Truman ends Lend-Lease program
1946: E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1568 Aisleen
1947: 1st Little League World Series Maynard Midgets of Williamsport PA win
1948: Indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson
1949: Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #3654
1949: K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #7449
1953: Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m
1953: Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation
1953: Sultan Sidi Mohammed Am Joessoef V of Morocco deposed
1956: WTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957: 1st launching in Baikonur, Kazachstan (R7 Semiorka-rocket)
1958: KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions
1959: Hawaii becomes 50th US state
1961: Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya
1963: Martial law declared in S Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas
1965: Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts)
1965: Romania adopts constitution
1967: China reports downing of 2 US bombers
1967: Liquid gas tanker explodes in Martelange Belgium, 22 killed
1967: Mikis Theodorakis arrested in Greece
1968: After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio
1968: Democratic Convention opens in Chicago
1968: Marine James Anderson Jr is 1st black Medal of Honor winner
1968: Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion
1968: Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement
1968: William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight)
1969: Fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem
1972: 1st hot air balloon flight over Alps
1972: British harbor strike ends
1972: Grace Slick maced by police when a band official called cops, pigs
1972: Republican convention opens in Miami Beach
1972: US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched
1975: 3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway
1975: Rick & Paul Reuschel become 1st brothers to pitch a combined shut out
1975: US lightens trade embargo against Cuba
1976: Al Bumbry hits 17th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history
1976: Battle East Sussex: Mary Langdon becomes 1st British firewoman
1977: #2671 Abkhazia & #3471
1977: #4882 Divari, #7216, #7976 & #7977
1977: Donna Patterson Brice sets high speed water skiing rec (111.11 mph)
1977: N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2439 Ulugbek, #2529 Rockwell Kent,
1977: R H McNaught discovers asteroid #4010 Nikol'skij, #4391 Balodis,
1978: 1st gay theme telefilm - Matlovich vs US Air Force
1979: Mets win a protested game against Astros, 5-0
1980: Linda Ronstadt opens in Pirates of Penzance on Broadway
1981: L Brozek discovers asteroid #3102
1982: Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut
1982: Rollie Fingers (Brewers) becomes 1st pitcher to get save #300
1983: 110øF (43øC) at Fayetteville, North Carolina (state record)
1983: La Cage aux Folles opens at Palace Theater NYC for 1761 performances
1984: A Mrkos discovers asteroid #5250 Jas & #7226
1985: Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record 4:16.71
1985: NY Lotto pays $41 million to three winner (#s are 14-17-22-23-30-47)
1985: T Schildknecht discovers asteroid #3328
1986: Lake Nios Volcano in Cameroon kills 1,746
1986: Rags opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances
1986: Red Sox Spike Owens scores 6 runs in a 24-5 rout of Cleve Indians
1986: Surinames Ronnie Brunswijks Jungle commandos kill 2 govt officials
1986: Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 2,000
1986: With 2 outs in 6th inning, Red Sox score 11 runs
1987: #6595 Munizbarreto, #7009 Hume, #7400, #7401 & #7815 Dolon
1987: Clayton Lonetree, 1st marine court-martialed for spying, convicted
1987: E W Elst discovers asteroid #4038 Kristina, #4342 Freud, 5108 Lubeck,
1987: F Borngen discovers asteroid #6120 Anhalt
1987: Mack Lobell set harness racing's trotting mil (1:52)
1987: Silke Hrneer swims female world record 100m breaststroke (1:07.91)
1987: Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #4405
1988: Cease fire between Iran & Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war
1988: Yordanka Donkova runs world record 100 m hurdles (12.21)
1989: Voyager 2 begins a flyby of planet Neptune
1990: Y Mizuno & T Furuta discover asteroid #4614 Masamura
1991: Communist coup is crushed in USSR in 2 days
1991: Latvia declares it's independence from USSR
1993: Lyricist Bernie Taupin weds Strephanie Haymes
1993: NASA loses contact with Mars Observer
1994: -23] Typhoon Fred ravages Chinese county Zhejiang, 700+ killed
1994: Ernesto Zedillo wins Mexican presidential election
1994: Royal Air Maroc ATR-42 crash down at Agadir, 44 killed
1995: US marshals move in on Randy Weaver's cabin in Idaho
1996: Christie Lee Woods, 18, of Texas, crowned 14th Miss Teen USA
1996: Hughie, opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC
1996: Netscape Browser 3.0 is released
1997: Typhoon Winnie kills 140, injures 3,000 in East China
1997: US govt forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out
2002: Pakistan President Gen Parvez Mushraff proclaims himself with more powers including power to dismiss National Assembly and appointment of Chief's of three services.
2017: Next total solar eclipse visible from North America

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