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Page 6: Historical Events In August - 21

Tuesday, 08 July 2025

1958  KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  On August - 21 stevan Hristic, composer, dies at 73  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  Hawaii becomes 50th US state on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  On August - 21 australian TV current affairs program Four Corners makes TV debut.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  On this day in history verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  On August - 21 martial law declared in S Vietnam  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  On this day in history martial law imposed in South Vietnam  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  On this day in history jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit HR gives Pirates a 7-6 win  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  On this day in history john Gunn, cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  Canadian Bette Singer dives a record-setting 307 feet into Bahaman waters on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  On August - 21 palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/min of Just, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1965  Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1966  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1967  On August - 21 china reports downing of 2 US bombers  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  On August - 21 after 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  On August - 21 democratic Convention opens in Chicago  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  Radio Prague (Czech) at 12 50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight) on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45 on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  On August - 21 fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1970  On this day in history timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  George Jackson, US prisoner, shot to death at 29 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  First hot air balloon flight over the Alps on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  On this day in history republican convention opens in Miami Beach  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  On this day in history uS orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  1st hot air balloon flight over Alps on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On this day in history ken James, cricketer (kept wicket for NZ in 11 Tests), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1977  Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87 on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  On August - 21 charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies at 71  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1980  On this day in history jack Cheetham, cricketer (15 Tests as S Afr capt, won 7 lost 5), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1981  Ottawa Roughrider Tony Gabriel catches a pass in his 128th consecutive game; sets world pro football record; record eclipsed in 1987 by the Steve Largent of the NFL on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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1165  On this day in history birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1597  On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1642  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1665  On August - 21 birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 21

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1131  On August - 21 boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1157  On this day in history death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on August - 21.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1245  On August - 21 alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1271  On this day in history death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1516  On August - 21 john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1581  On this day in history death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1614  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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