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'''August 21''' is the 233rd day of the year (234th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 132 days remaining.

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'''==Events:'''==

*[[1680]] - [[Pueblo|Pueblo Indians]] captured [[Santa Fe]] from Spanish

*[[1831]] - [[Nat Turner]] leads slave revolt in [[Southampton County, Virginia]]

*[[1852]] - [[Tlingit]] Indians destroy [[Fort Selkirk]], [[Yukon]] Territory

*[[1858]] - [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]]-[[Stephen Douglas|Douglas]] debates begin

*[[1959]] - [[Hawaii]] becomesis admitted as the 50th [[U.S. state]] of the [[United States of America]].

*[[1863]] - [[Lawrence, Kansas]] destroyed by [[William Quantrill]], [[Jesse James|Jesse]] and [[Frank James]], the [[Younger Brothers]], et. al.

*[[1911]] - The ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' is stolen from the [[Louvre]]

*[[1944]] - [[Dumbarton Oaks Conference]], prelude to the [[United Nations]]

*[[1986]] - Toxic gas erupts from [[volcano|volcanic]] [[Lake Nios]] in [[Cameroon]], killing over 1700 people

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*[[2001]] - The [[Red Cross]] announces that a [[famine]] is striking [[Tajikistan]], and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and [[Uzbekistan]]

'''==Births:'''==

*[[1165]] - [[Philip II of France]]

*[[1765]] - [[William IV of the United Kingdom]] (+ [[1837]])

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*[[1969]] - [[Joseé Chouinard]], [[Canada|Canadian]] [[figure skating|figure skater]]

'''==Deaths:'''==

*[[1153]] - [[Bernard of Clairvaux]], Christian theologian

*[[1614]] - [[Elizabeth Bathory]], [[serial killer]]

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*[[1997]] - [[Norris Bradbury]], [[physicist]]

'''==Holidays:''' and observances==

*[[Roman Empire]] - [[Consualia]], in honor of [[Consus]], is held

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'''See Also:'''

[[August 20]] - [[August 22]] - [[July 21]] - [[September 21]] - more [[historical anniversaries]]

[[August 20]] - [[August 22]] - [[July 21]] - [[September 21]] - more- [[historical anniversaries|listing of all days]]

<B>See Also:</B> [[January]], [[February]], [[March]], [[April]], [[May]], [[June]], [[July]], [[August]], [[September]], [[October]], [[November]], [[December]]