Page 7: Historical Events In August - 21

1981  Hermann Schey, German/Neth singer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1982  Sobhuza II, king of Swaziland/Ngwane (1921-82), dies on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history benigno S Aquino Jr, Philippines opposition leader, killed at 50   

1984  On August - 21 australia's federal budget speech is televised live from Canberra for the first time   

1984  Widespread arrests on the eve of South African coloured elections on August - 21.   

1985  Near Coast of Northern Peru a 6.3 quake injured at least 100 people, 60 homes destroyed and damage to other buildings in the Chimbote area on August - 21.   

1985  Premier Neville Wran ratifies legislation in NSW to make AIDS a notifiable disease on August - 21.   

1986  A report on the Chernobyl disaster blames 'human error' on August - 21.   

1986  On August - 21 lake Nios Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 1,746   

1986  On August - 21 lake Nyos disaster in Cameroon killing 1,746 people   

1987  Clayton Lonetree, first marine court-martialed for spying, convicted on August - 21.   

1987  Karl Bruck, entertainer, dies on August - 21.   

1988  Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war on August - 21.   

1988  Hans Gunther Adler, German writer, dies at 78 on August - 21.   

1989  Fifty-one people drown in the River Thames, London when a dredger rams the pleasure cruiser Marchioness on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history soviet Union reveals deadliest weapon in its air force arsenal, needle-nosed bomber that NATO calls the Blackjack   

1989  Voyager 2 begins a flyby of the planet Neptune on this day in history.   

1990  Gang of convicts from Siberian labour camp overpower guards aboard Aeroflot passenger flight, hijack plane to Pakistan and seek political asylum on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history george Adamson, British conservationist (Born Free), murdered in Kenya   

1991  On August - 21 attempted coup against Mikial Gorbachev stopped by Boris Yeltsin   

1991  On this day in history communist coup is crushed in USSR in 2 days   

1991  On August - 21 oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 101   

1992  On this day in history lucille Brown, actress (Farina-Our Gang), dies after illness at 74   

1994  On August - 21 danitra Vance, comedienne (SNL), dies of breast cancer at 35   

1995  NSW Police Royal Commission key witness Trevor Haken accuses 35 high ranking officers and others of corruption on this day in history.   

1995  Anatole Fistoulari, conductor, dies at 88 on August - 21.   

1996  On August - 21 rosa Joyce Plesters Brommelie, conservation scientist, dies at 69   

1997  On this day in history death of Norris Bradbury, American physicist who led the team charged with assembling the components for the world's first atomic bomb explosion.   

1997  Misael Pastrana Borrero, Pres of Colombia (1970-74), dies on this day in history.   

2000  On August - 21 british troops are rushed on to Belfast streets after two men are killed in a violent feud between Protestant guerrilla groups.   

2005  On this day in history british Rock Band The Rolling Stones kicks off their a Bigger Bang tour with a show in Fenway Park, Boston   

2007  On this day in history hurricane Dean, a powerful Category 5 storm, slams into a largely evacuated Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico.   

2007  On August - 21 sTS-118 lands at the Kennedy Space Center, completing Space Shuttle Endeavour's 19th flight.   

2012  On this day in history 20 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo die from the Ebola virus   

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1165  On August - 21 birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)   

1535  On this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on August - 21.   

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on this day in history.   

1642  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on August - 21.   

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on August - 21.   

1665  On August - 21 birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

1131  On August - 21 boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

1157  On this day in history death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)   

1190  On this day in history godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

1245  On August - 21 alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on this day in history.   

1516  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 on August - 21.   

1581  On this day in history death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)   

1614  On August - 21 death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)