Historical Events In August - 21

2013  37 people are killed and 16 are injured in a bus crash near Chin Swee Temple, Malaysia on August - 21.   

2014  Israeli airstrike in Rafah kills Mohammed Abu Shammala, Raed al Atar and Mohammed Barhoum on August - 21.   

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  Total solar eclipse visible from North America on August - 21.   

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

2017  Destroyer USS John S McCain collides with an oil tanker near Singapore leaving 10 missing and 5 injured on August - 21.   

2017  Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $417m to woman who developed ovarian cancer after using their talc-based products on August - 21.   

2017  Chile's constitutional court approves bill to ease country's total abortion ban on August - 21.   

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  Michael Cohen, President Trump 's personal lawyer, pleads guilty to charges including illegal payment at direction of Trump to women Trump had affairs with on this day in history.   

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

2018  Paul Manafort, former Trump campaign chairman, is convicted on eight counts of fraud in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia on this day in history.   

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

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  The Rock [Dwayne Johnson] named highest paid actor for a second year in a row, earning $89.4m on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history 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  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on August - 21.   

1567  On this day in history birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on August - 21.   

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on August - 21.   

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 August - 21.   

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

1131  On this day in history boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on this day in history.   

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  On August - 21 death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)   

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

1581  On this day in history 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.