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THANK YOU FOR READING THROUGH TODAY'S REVISION OF THIS PAGE HEREWITH TOO A BRIEF SELECTION OF TODAY'S HISTORICAL ANNIVERSARIES:- 21st. August Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Sh?gun 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. 1760 - The church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayag|ez (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. 1810 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates. 1831 - Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion. 1841 - The Venetian blind is first patented in the United States by John Hampson. 1842 - The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded. 1852 - Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory. 1856 - America's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856) 1862 - The Vienna Stadtpark opens its gates. 1888 - The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs. 1942 - The Battle of Stalingrad began. 1942 - 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. 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 Ceau?escu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet maneuver, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals. 1983 - Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. was 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. 1993 - NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft. 2001 - NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to Macedonia. | |
         
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