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Today in History ~ August 21
Events1321 - 160 Jews of Chinon France, burned at stake
1680 - Pueblo Indians took possession of Santa Fe, N.M., after driving out the Spanish.
1703 - Turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II
1831 - Former slave Nat Turner launched a bloody slave insurrection in Southampton County, Virginia, leading to the deaths of 60 white people. Turner, an educated minister who considered himself chosen by God to lead his people out of slavery, was later executed.
1841 - John Hampton patents venetian blind
1858 - 1st Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois) begin debates for Illinois US Senate seat; The issue of slavery was featured in these debates. Douglas maintained that each territory should have the right to decide whether it would become free or slave. Lincoln lost the Senate race. [H]
1862 - Civil War Currency As the economy took a beating from the Civil War, the Treasury Department sprung into action by releasing fractional currency, alternately known as postage currency. The new 5, 10, 25, and 50-cent notes hit the streets on this day.
1863 - During the Civil War, confederate raider William Clarke Quantrill launched a raid on Lawrence, Kansas. Most of the town was burned, and 183 men and boys were killed. [H]
1864 - Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends after 2500 casualties
1864 - Gen Nathan B Forrest's assault on Memphis, Tennessee
1878 - The American Bar Association (ABA), the largest association of lawyers in the US, was founded in Saratoga Springs, New York.
1888 - William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine
1911 - Leonardo Da Vinci's famous painting of the wife of Francesco del Gioconda, known as The Mona Lisa, was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris by Italian waiter Vicenzo Perruggia
1912 - First person, Arthur R. Eldred of Oceanside, known to have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest in the Boy Scouts of America
1914 - French offensive in the Ardennen/Sambre
1920 - On this day, Daphne Milne, wife of writer A.A. Milne, gives birth to a son, who the couple name Christopher Robin Milne. Christopher Robin will be immortalized in A.A. Milne's books Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner.
1922 - Curly Lambeau & Green Bay Football Club granted NFL franchise
1935 - Benny Goodman's nationally broadcast concert at Los Angeles' Palomar Theater was such a hit that it often has been referred to as the kickoff of the swing era.
1938 - Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public & High School
1942 - Transport # 22 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1943 - Gromyko named USSR-ambassador in Washington
1943 - Japan leaves Aleutian Islands
1944 - Dumbarton Oaks Conference, where the framework for the United Nations will be worked out, opens in Wash DC.
1944 - Grieg/Work/Forest's musical "Song of Norway," premieres in NYC
1944 - The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and China opened talks at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington that helped pave the way for establishment of the United Nations.
1945 - President Truman ended the Lend-Lease program that had shipped some $50 billion in aid to America's allies during World War II.
1951 - The United States ordered construction of the world's first atomic submarine, the Nautilus.
1959 - President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. [H]
1961 - Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya
1963 - Martial law declared in S Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas
1967 - Mikos Theodorakis arrested in Greece
1968 - After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio
1968 - Democratic Convention opens in Chicago
1968 - Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a Soviet led invasion
1972 - 1st hot air balloon flight over Alps
1972 - Republican convention opens in Miami Beach
1972 - US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched
1980 - Linda Ronstadt opens in "Pirates of Penzance" on Broadway
1982 - Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut
1983 - "La Cage aux Folles" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 1761 performances
1983 - Philippine opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino Jr., ending a self-imposed exile in the United States, was shot dead moments after stepping off a plane at Manila International Airport.
1985 - Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record 4:16.71
1986 - More than 1,700 people died when toxic gas erupted from a volcanic lake in the West African nation of Cameroon.
1987 - Clayton Lonetree, 1st marine court-martialed for spying, convicted
1988 - Cease fire between Iran & Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war
1991 - Latvia declares it's independence from USSR
1991 - The hard-line coup against Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian federation President Boris N. Yeltsin.
1992 - NBC News fired correspondent and Gulf War "scud stud" Arthur Kent following two weeks of wrangling over his turning down an assignment to war-torn Croatia.
1992 - US marshals move in on Randy Weaver's cabin in Idaho [H]
1993 - Contact was lost with the Mars Observer spacecraft only three days before it was to begin orbiting the Red Planet.
1995 - The Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds tobacco companies agreed to drop libel suits against ABC News after the network apologized for reporting a year earlier that cigarette makers added nicotine in order to addict smokers.
1996 - Netscape Browser 3.0 is released
1996 - President Clinton signed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, aimed at making health insurance easier to obtain and keep.
1997 - US government forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out
2000 - Rescue efforts to reach the sunken Russian nuclear submarine Kursk ended with divers announcing none of the 118 sailors had survived.
2001 - Robert Tools, the first person to receive a self-contained artificial heart, was introduced to the public at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Ky., through a video link from his doctor's office (Tools survived with the device for 151 days, and died Nov. 30, 2001, of other health problems, doctors said).
2001 - Federal authorities working with McDonald's announced they had broken up a criminal ring that allegedly rigged the popular Monopoly and "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" games played by millions of the fast-food chain's customers over the previous six years.
2002 - President Bush said that while no decision had been made whether to go to war against Iraq, he believed a "regime change" would be "in the best interest of the world."
2002 - Michael Copper, former executive of the bankrupt energy giant Enron, pleaded guility to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering.
2017 - Next total solar eclipse visible from North America
Birthdays Today
1165 - Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)
1567 - Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint
1579 - Henri II, Duke de Rohan-Gia, French Huguenot leader
1660 - Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building
1725 - Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter
1765 - William IV, king of England (1830-37)
1789 - Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician, "Men pass away but their deeds abide."
1798 - Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour)
1821 - William Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1872 - Aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome)
1893 - Lili Boulanger, composer
1902 - Renato Fasano, composer/conductor (I Virtuosi di Roma)
1904 - (William) Count Basie (bandleader: April in Paris, Open the Door Richard; composer: One O'Clock Jump, Jumpin' at the Woodside)
1913 - Cornelius Johnson (Olympic Gold medalist: high jump [1936])
1916 - Murry Dickson (baseball)
1918 - William Reay (hockey)
1920 - Christopher R Milne, son of Alan A Milne (Winnie the Pooh)
1920 - Gerry Staley (baseball: St. Louis Cardinals pitcher)
1923 - Chris Schenkel (sportscaster: ABC Sports, The Pro Bowlers Tour)
1928 - Art Farmer (musician: trumpet, flugelhorn: Lionel Hampton Band)
1930 - Margaret Rose (Princess: Countess of Snowdon; sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II)
1931 - Pete Retzlaff (football: Philadelphia Eagles: Bert Bell Trophy winner [1965])
1936 - Mart Crowley, playwright (Boys in the Band)
1936 - Wilt (Wilton) Chamberlain (Basketball Hall of Famer: NBA MVP Award: Philadelphia Warriors [1960], Philadelphia 76ers [1966, 67, 68])
1938 - Kenny (Kenneth Donald) Rogers (Grammy and CMA Award-winning singer: She Believes in Me, Lady, Lucille, Islands in the Stream [w/Dolly Parton], What are We Doin' in Love [w/Dottie West], Through the Years, We've Got Tonight [w/Sheena Easton], You Decorated My Life, Coward of the County, The Gambler; groups: The Kirby Stone Four, The New Christy Minstrels, The First Edition; actor: The Gambler series)
1939 - Clarence Williams III (actor: The Mod Squad, Tales from the Hood, Sugar Hill, Purple Rain)
1939 - Harold Reid (singer: group: The Statler Brothers: Flowers on the Wall, Bed of Roses, Class of '57)
1942 - Rodney Reed (tennis)
1943 - Felix Millan (baseball)
1944 - Jackie DeShannon (Sharon Myers) (singer: What the World Needs Now is Love, Put a Little Love in Your Heart; songwriter: Dum Dum, Needles and Pins, When You Walk in the Room, Don't Doubt Yourself Babe; co-wrote: Bette
1944 - Peter Weir, Sydney Aust, director/writer (Witness, Dead Poets Society)
1945 - Patty McCormack (Russo) (actress: The Bad Seed, Invitation to Hell, The Ropers, Peck's Bad Girl, Mama)
1945 - Willie Lanier (Pro Football Hall of Famer: Kansas City Chiefs linebacker: Super Bowl IV)
1951 - Harry Smith (TV host: CBS This Morning)
1951 - John Stearns (baseball)
1954 - Archie Griffin (football: Heisman Trophy winner: Ohio State [1974 & 1975]; Cincinnati Bengals running back: Super Bowl XVI)
1954 - Bruce Berenyi (baseball)
1956 - Kim Cattrall (actress: Breaking Point, Wild Palms, Police Academy, The Bastard, The Rebels, Mannequin, Live Nude Girls)
1957 - Frank Pastore (baseball)
1959 - Jim McMahon (football: quarterback: Arizona Cardinals, Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Bears: Super Bowl XX)
1974 - Amy Fisher, Long Island NY, shot Mary Jo Buttafucco
Famous deaths
1785 - Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies
1940 - Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, exiled Bolshevik leader, dies from wounds inflicted by an ice-axe-toting assassin in Mexico City on August 20. [H]
1947 - Ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies
1968 - Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45
1978 - Charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies at 71
1983 - Benigno S Aquino Jr, Philippines opposition leader, murdered by government at 50
1990 - George Adamson, British conservationist (Born Free), murdered in Kenya
1992 - Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan , incident at Ruby Ridge [H]
1992 - Samuel Weaver, fourteen-year-old son of Randy Weaver, incident at Ruby Ridge [H]
1995 - Anatole Fistoulari, conductor, dies at 88
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