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  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 this day in history the next total solar eclipse visible from Canada will happen on this day.  

2017  On August - 21 total solar eclipse visible from North America  

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  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  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 August - 21.  

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  Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull calls for and wins a leadership vote 43-35 over Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on this day in history.  

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  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 August - 21.  

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 August - 21.  

2019  On this day in history 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.  

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  BTS 's release new single Dynamite, becomes 1st video to be watched more than 100 million times in 24 hours on YouTube on August - 21.  

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1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on August - 21.  

1535  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)  

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

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on this day in history.  

1660  On August - 21 birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building  

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.  

1131  On this day in history 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  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on August - 21.  

1245  On this day in history 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  On August - 21 john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78  

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

1614  On this day in history death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)