August 21st in History
August 21st in History
- 1900: Allied forces overun Peking's inner city
- 1915: Italy declares war on Turkey
- 1958: Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the United States of America
- 1963: Martial law imposed in South Vietnam
- 1984: Widespread arrests on the eve of South African coloured elections
- 1986: A report on the Chernobyl disaster blames 'human error'
- 1991: Attempted coup against Mikial Gorbachev stopped by Boris Yeltsin
August 21st birthdays
- 1904: Count Baise, US bandleader and jazz player
- 1938: Kenny Rogers, American singer/songwriter
