Historical Events In August - 21

2013  37 people are killed and 16 are injured in a bus crash near Chin Swee Temple, Malaysia on this day in history.   

2014  On this day in history israeli airstrike in Rafah kills Mohammed Abu Shammala, Raed al Atar and Mohammed Barhoum   

2017  On this day in history next total solar eclipse visible from North America   

2017  On August - 21 the next total solar eclipse visible from Canada will happen on this day.   

2017  On this day in history total solar eclipse visible from North America   

2017  London's parliament clock Big Ben chimes for the last time before a four-year restoration process for its tower starts on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history destroyer USS John S McCain collides with an oil tanker near Singapore leaving 10 missing and 5 injured   

2017  Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $417m to woman who developed ovarian cancer after using their talc-based products on this day in history.   

2017  On August - 21 chile's constitutional court approves bill to ease country's total abortion ban   

2017  A total solar eclipse (nicknamed "The Great American Eclipse") is visible within a band across the entire contiguous United States of America, passing from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts on this day in history.   

2018  On August - 21 michael Cohen, President Trump 's personal lawyer, pleads guilty to charges including illegal payment at direction of Trump to women Trump had affairs with   

2018  Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull calls for and wins a leadership vote 43-35 over Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on August - 21.   

2018  On August - 21 paul Manafort, former Trump campaign chairman, is convicted on eight counts of fraud in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia   

2018  On this day in history water-ice first detected on the Moon by India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft (2008-9) in findings published by scientists   

2018  Californian Representative Duncan Hunter indicted for using campaign funds for personal expenses including holidays and flight for a pet rabbit on this day in history.   

2019  German Chancellor challenges British PM Boris Johnson to find a solution to a no-deal Brexit in 30 days at their meeting in Berlin on August - 21.   

2019  On this day in history the Rock [Dwayne Johnson] named highest paid actor for a second year in a row, earning $89.4m   

2019  Amazon rainforest wildfires: Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reports fires burning in the Amazon rainforest at a record rate, with more than 36,000 in the year to date, while smoke reaches São Paulo more than 1,700 miles (2,700 km) away on August - 21.   

2019  Giuseppe Conte offers his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy in order to avoid a no-confidence motion on this day in history.   

2020  On this day in history bTS 's release new single Dynamite, becomes 1st video to be watched more than 100 million times in 24 hours on YouTube   

2023  On August - 21 canadian wildfires: 68% of the Northwest Territories are forced to evacuate to other parts of the country due to wildfires.   

2023  On August - 21 saudi Arabia is accused of mass killing hundreds of African migrants attempting to cross its border with Yemen.   

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1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on this day in history.   

1535  On August - 21 birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

1567  On August - 21 birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1597  On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

1642  On August - 21 birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  On August - 21 birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)   

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on this day in history.   

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on August - 21.   

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on August - 21.   

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on August - 21.   

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on August - 21.   

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on August - 21.   

1516  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1581  On August - 21 death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)   

1614  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on this day in history.