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08-21-2010, 04:48 AM
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This Date in History - August 21st
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* 1192 Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)
* 1680 Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
* 1689 The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
* 1760 The church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagόez (Puerto Rico)" is founded, establishing the basis for the founding of the city.
* 1770 James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
* 1772 King Gustav III completes his coup d'ιtat by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
* 1808 Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
* 1810 Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
* 1821 Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
* 1831 Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion.
* 1852 Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
* 1863 Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerrillas Quantrill's Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre.
* 1878 The American Bar Association is founded.
* 1888 The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
* 1911 The Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre employee.
* 1918 World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
* 1928 WRNY began regularly scheduled television broadcasts in New York City.
* 1942 World War II: a Nazi flag is installed atop the Mount Elbrus.
* 1942 World War II: Allied forces involved in the Guadalcanal campaign defeated an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
* 1944 Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
* 1945 Physicist Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
* 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day
* 1963 Xa Loi Pagoda raids: the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalises Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
* 1968 Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring; on the same day, Nicolae Ceauşescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet maneuver, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
* 1968 James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
* 1969 An Australian, Michael Dennis Rohan, sets the Al-Aqsa Mosque on fire
* 1971 A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
* 1976 Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjeom, Korea.
* 1983 Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport).
* 1986 Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
* 1991 Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after the occupation of Soviet Union.
* 1991 Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
* 1992 Ruby Ridge Standoff in Idaho
* 1993 NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
* 2001 NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
* 2001 The Red Cross announces that a famine is striking Tajikistan, and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
* 2007 Hurricane Dean makes its first landfall in Costa Maya, Mexico with winds at 165 mph (266 km/h). Dean is the first storm since Hurricane Andrew to make landfall as a Category 5.
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This Date in History - August 21st
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* 1192 Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)
* 1680 Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
* 1689 The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
* 1760 The church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagόez (Puerto Rico)" is founded, establishing the basis for the founding of the city.
* 1770 James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
* 1772 King Gustav III completes his coup d'ιtat by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
* 1808 Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
* 1810 Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
* 1821 Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
* 1831 Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion.
* 1852 Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
* 1863 Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerrillas Quantrill's Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre.
* 1878 The American Bar Association is founded.
* 1888 The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
* 1911 The Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre employee.
* 1918 World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
* 1928 WRNY began regularly scheduled television broadcasts in New York City.
* 1942 World War II: a Nazi flag is installed atop the Mount Elbrus.
* 1942 World War II: Allied forces involved in the Guadalcanal campaign defeated an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
* 1944 Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
* 1945 Physicist Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
* 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day
* 1963 Xa Loi Pagoda raids: the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalises Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
* 1968 Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring; on the same day, Nicolae Ceauşescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet maneuver, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
* 1968 James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
* 1969 An Australian, Michael Dennis Rohan, sets the Al-Aqsa Mosque on fire
* 1971 A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
* 1976 Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjeom, Korea.
* 1983 Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport).
* 1986 Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
* 1991 Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after the occupation of Soviet Union.
* 1991 Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
* 1992 Ruby Ridge Standoff in Idaho
* 1993 NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
* 2001 NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
* 2001 The Red Cross announces that a famine is striking Tajikistan, and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
* 2007 Hurricane Dean makes its first landfall in Costa Maya, Mexico with winds at 165 mph (266 km/h). Dean is the first storm since Hurricane Andrew to make landfall as a Category 5.
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