A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on August 21 throughout history.
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Edirne Incident: Turkish army ousts Sultan Mustafa II, replacing him with his brother Ahmed III, reducing the power of the Sultan
King Gustav III of Sweden completes a coup d'état by adopting a new constitution and installing himself as an enlightened despot, ending fifty years of parliamentary rule
An adding machine is a class of mechanical calculator, usually specialized for bookkeeping calculations.
The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre Museum by Italian decorator Vincenzo Peruggia, recovered in 1913
The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory (Hawaiian: Panalāʻau o Hawaiʻi) was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 30, 1900, until August 21, 1959, when...
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999.
Korean pop group BTS releases the single "Dynamite," the first video to be watched more than 100 million times in 24 hours on YouTube
"How You Remind Me" is a song by the Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on July 17, 2001, as the lead single from their third studio album, Silver Side Up (2001).
Ian Botham takes his world-record 356th Test cricket wicket against New Zealand at The Oval
Catherine II (born Princess Sophia Augusta Frederica of Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 1729 – 17 November 1796), commonly referred to in various media as Catherine the Great, was the reigning Empress of Russia...
Business magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt marries second wife and cousin Frank Armstrong Crawford in London, Ontario
Painter Diego Rivera (42) weds fellow artist Frida Kahlo (22)
Erachus becomes Bishop of Liège
Jews are burned at the stake in Chinon, France
Portuguese expedition under King John I attacks the Moroccan city of Ceuta and takes it a day later, beginning Portuguese overseas expansion [1]
Alkmaarkmaːr] ) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market.
Deed of Transfer proclaims the Netherlands' independence
Pueblo Indians take possession of Santa Fe in the New Mexican Province from the Spanish
The Battle of the Boyne took place in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II, and those of King William III who, with his wife Queen Mary II (his cousin and James's daughter), had...
The church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagüez" is founded in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, establishing the basis for the city's foundation
A jury in Sheffield, Massachusetts, grants two slaves, Bett (later Elizabeth Freeman) and Bron, their freedom after Freeman brings the case to court [1]
The 1810 Act of Succession (Swedish: 1810 års successionsordning, lit. 'the 1810 order of succession') is one of four Fundamental Laws of the Realm (rikets grundlagar) and thus forms part of the...
Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship Eliza Frances
John Hampton patents the Venetian blind
Hobart (Southeast Tasmanian: Nipaluna) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia.
Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory
America's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda (traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856)
The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen...
The Vienna Stadtpark, the first public park and garden in Vienna, Austria, opens its gates
Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends with 2,500 casualties
American Bar Association organizes in Saratoga, New York
The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, reportedly appears to the people of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland
Dutch Mackay government resigns
Oldsmobile (formally the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors) was a brand of American automobiles, produced for most of its existence by General Motors.
Baltimore Orioles pitcher Joe McGinnity is suspended from MLB for punching and spitting on umpire Tom Connolly in the previous day's 5-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers; the lifetime suspension is reduced to 12 days
Francis Carter-Cotton is chosen as the first chancellor of the University of British Columbia
The Ardennes, also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into...
The Italian front (Italian: Fronte italiano; German: Südwestfront) was one of the main theatres of war of World War I.
Sir Roger Casement, an Ulster Protestant and ardent Irish nationalist, arrested by the British
Dutch football club FC Emmen is formed in the town of Emmen in the northeastern province of Drenthe in the Netherlands
Theodore Amar Lyons (December 28, 1900 – July 25, 1986) was an American professional baseball starting pitcher, manager and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB).
The Pan-African Congress (PAC) is a regular series of meetings that originally took place on the back of the Pan-African Conference held in London, England, in 1900.
Buffalo, New York had a turbulent, early-era National Football League team that operated under multiple names and several different owners between the 1910s and 1920s.
Prohibition of Wieringermeer finishes
Italy bars all Jewish teachers in public and high schools
Attorney Samuel Tucker organizes a peaceful sit-in at the public library in Alexandria, Virginia, in an effort to grant Black patrons equal access; five young men are arrested for disorderly conduct. No trial is ever held, and charges are officially dropped 80 years later, and the community builds a
Transport #22 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany
Japan leaves Aleutian Islands
Battle of Falaise, Normandy, led by Polish Armoured Division and First Canadian Army, is the largest encirclement on the Western Front, leading to the surrender and capture of the German 7th Army
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.
Cleveland Indians 47-inning scoreless streak is broken as future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Lemon yields a home run to Aaron Robinson in a 3-2 loss to Chicago White Sox
Canada's largest earthquake since 1700 strikes the Queen Charlotte Fault below Haida Gwaii at 8.1 magnitude, knocking cows off their feet [1]
WTVW (channel 7) is a television station in Evansville, Indiana, United States, serving as a de facto owned-and-operated station of The CW.
The R-7 Semyorka was a Soviet missile developed during the Cold War, and the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile. The R-7 made 28 launches between 1957 and 1961.
KUT-FM in Austin, Texas, begins radio transmissions
Verne Gagne defeats Mister M (Doctor X) in Minneapolis to become NWA champion
Jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit home run gives Pirates a 7-6 victory
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project...
The Beatles headline their second show of the day at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, after playing in the afternoon 341 miles away in Cincinnati, Ohio, following a rainout the night before
China's stockpile of nuclear weapons is estimated at 600 nuclear warheads as of 2025, making it the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal.
Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is an international broadcaster funded by the United States federal government and established in 1942.
The Al-Aqsa mosque fire was an arson attack on Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, the primary prayer hall within the Al-Aqsa compound, on 21 August 1969.
British dock strike ends after dockers accept an amended Jones-Adlington Agreement
Rick and Paul Reuschel become the first brothers to pitch a combined shutout
Al Bumbry hits 17th inside-the-park home run in Oriole history
American water skier Donna Patterson Brice sets women's high speed record 111.11 mph at Long Beach, California
Release of first gay-themed telefilm, "Matlovich vs. U.S. Air Force," based on the true story of Leonard Matlovich, a US Air Force sergeant who is discharged from the Air Force for being gay
The 1979 Houston Astros season was the 18th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 15th as the Astros, 18th in the National League (NL), 11th in the NL...
Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1981 by producer, singer, and instrumentalist Al Jourgensen.
Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Rollie Fingers becomes the first pitcher to achieve 300 saves
Fayetteville ( FAY-ət-vil, locally FED-vəl) is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. Fort Bragg, a U.S.
American Mary Decker Slaney runs a mile in a world record time of 4:16.71 in Zurich, Switzerland; it is the third time she holds the record
US Marshals move in on Randy Weaver's cabin in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, to apprehend him on firearms charges; an 11-day standoff ensues
Mars Observer was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on September 25, 1992 to study the surface, atmosphere, climate and magnetic field of Mars.
General elections were held in Mexico on 21 August 1994. The presidential elections resulted in a victory for Ernesto Zedillo of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), whilst the PRI won 300 of...
Carrollton is a city in and the county seat of Carroll County, Georgia, United States.
In Venezuela, a subsidiary of state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela (PdVSA), Corpoven, signs a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with U.S.-based ARCO
Typhoon Winnie, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ibiang, was the most destructive tropical cyclone to impact the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, and Shandong in 200 years.
Hurricane Dean, the first storm since Hurricane Andrew to make landfall as a Category 5, makes landfall in Costa Maya, Mexico, with winds at 165 mph
After winning the event in Athens, Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown wins consecutive 200 m Olympic titles, beating American Allyson Felix by 0.19 seconds in Beijing
New Zealand clinches their 10th Tri Nations Rugby Series with one match remaining, scoring 2 tries in the last 3 minutes to beat South Africa 29–22 in the first-ever Test at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg
In 2014, an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) occurred.
Internet censorship is one of the forms of censorship, the suppression of speech, public communication and other information.
Israeli airstrike in Rafah kills Mohammed Abu Shammala, Raed al-Atar, and Mohammed Barhoum, three of Hamas's top commanders
European Refugee Crisis: Germany makes it easier for Syrian refugees to claim asylum by suspending their Dublin Regulations
Brazil wins its third Olympic men's indoor volleyball gold medal at the Rio Games with a 25–22, 28–26, 26–24 victory over Italy
Chile's Constitutional Court approves a bill to ease the country's total abortion ban
74,155 fires caused by land clearing are burning in the Amazon rainforest, the most ever recorded, according to Brazil's National Institute for Space Research
German Chancellor challenges British PM Boris Johnson to find a solution to a no-deal Brexit in 30 days during their meeting in Berlin
American actress Lori Loughlin is sentenced to two months in prison along with her husband for her role in the US college admissions bribery scandal
Between midnight and 10:00 am CDT on Saturday, August 21, 2021, very heavy rainfall resulted in widespread flash flooding across western Middle Tennessee, including the town of Waverly.
Mario is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the star of the Mario franchise, a recurring character in the Donkey Kong franchise, and the mascot of their...
Afghanistan's Taliban regime issues new vice and virtue laws banning the sound of women's voices or singing in public and traveling anywhere without a male escort [1]
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria heir to the austrian throne, known for heir to the austrian throne, was born on 1858-08-21.
John Carmack computer programmer and video game developer, known for american computer programmer and video game developer, was born on 1971-08-21. John D.
Sergey Brin, American computer scientist, known for american computer scientist, was born on 1974-08-21.
Amy Fisher, American writer and porn star, known for american writer and porn star, was born on 1975-08-21.
Melvin Van Peebles, American actor and filmmaker, known for american actor and filmmaker, was born on 1932-08-21. Melvin Van Peebles was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer.
Stephen Hillenburg, American animator and educator, known for american animator and educator, was born on 1961-08-21.
Kim Cattrall, British actress, known for british actress, was born on 1957-08-21. Kim Victoria Cattrall is a British actress.
Kacey Musgraves, American musician, known for american singer, was born on 1989-08-21. Kacey Lee Musgraves is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
Jack Buck, American athlete, known for american sportscaster, was born on 1924-08-21.
Wilt Chamberlain, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1936-08-21.
Stéphane Charbonnier, French athlete, known for french satirist and journalist, was born on 1967-08-21.
Usain Bolt athlete, known for jamaican sprinter, was born on 1987-08-21. Usain St. Leo Bolt is a Jamaican retired sprinter who is widely regarded as the greatest sprinter of all time.
Aubrey Beardsley, English illustrator and author, known for english illustrator and author, was born on 1872-08-21.
Laurence Doherty dies
Leon Trotsky soviet politician and revolutionary, known for soviet politician and revolutionary, died on 1940-08-21. Lev Davidovich Trotsky (né Bronstein; 7 November [O.S.
Ettore Bugatti, Italian italian-born french automobile designer and manufacturer, known for italian-born french automobile designer and manufacturer, died on 1947-08-21.
Palmiro Togliatti, Italian leader of the italian communist party, known for leader of the italian communist party, died on 1964-08-21.
Erachus becomes Bishop of Liège
Jews are burned at the stake in Chinon, France
Portuguese expedition under King John I attacks the Moroccan city of Ceuta and takes it a day later, beginning Portuguese overseas expansion [1]
Alkmaarkmaːr] ) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market.
Deed of Transfer proclaims the Netherlands' independence
Pueblo Indians take possession of Santa Fe in the New Mexican Province from the Spanish
The Battle of the Boyne took place in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II, and those of King William III who, with his wife Queen Mary II (his cousin and James's daughter), had...
Edirne Incident: Turkish army ousts Sultan Mustafa II, replacing him with his brother Ahmed III, reducing the power of the Sultan
Catherine II (born Princess Sophia Augusta Frederica of Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 1729 – 17 November 1796), commonly referred to in various media as Catherine the Great, was the reigning Empress of Russia...
The church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagüez" is founded in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, establishing the basis for the city's foundation
King Gustav III of Sweden completes a coup d'état by adopting a new constitution and installing himself as an enlightened despot, ending fifty years of parliamentary rule
A jury in Sheffield, Massachusetts, grants two slaves, Bett (later Elizabeth Freeman) and Bron, their freedom after Freeman brings the case to court [1]
The 1810 Act of Succession (Swedish: 1810 års successionsordning, lit. 'the 1810 order of succession') is one of four Fundamental Laws of the Realm (rikets grundlagar) and thus forms part of the...
Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship Eliza Frances
John Hampton patents the Venetian blind
Hobart (Southeast Tasmanian: Nipaluna) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia.
Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory
America's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda (traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856)
The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen...
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria heir to the austrian throne, known for heir to the austrian throne, was born on 1858-08-21.
The Vienna Stadtpark, the first public park and garden in Vienna, Austria, opens its gates
Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends with 2,500 casualties
Business magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt marries second wife and cousin Frank Armstrong Crawford in London, Ontario
Aubrey Beardsley, English illustrator and author, known for english illustrator and author, was born on 1872-08-21.
American Bar Association organizes in Saratoga, New York
The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, reportedly appears to the people of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland
An adding machine is a class of mechanical calculator, usually specialized for bookkeeping calculations.
Dutch Mackay government resigns
Oldsmobile (formally the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors) was a brand of American automobiles, produced for most of its existence by General Motors.
Baltimore Orioles pitcher Joe McGinnity is suspended from MLB for punching and spitting on umpire Tom Connolly in the previous day's 5-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers; the lifetime suspension is reduced to 12 days
The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre Museum by Italian decorator Vincenzo Peruggia, recovered in 1913
Francis Carter-Cotton is chosen as the first chancellor of the University of British Columbia
The Ardennes, also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into...
The Italian front (Italian: Fronte italiano; German: Südwestfront) was one of the main theatres of war of World War I.
Sir Roger Casement, an Ulster Protestant and ardent Irish nationalist, arrested by the British
Laurence Doherty dies
Jack Buck, American athlete, known for american sportscaster, was born on 1924-08-21.
Dutch football club FC Emmen is formed in the town of Emmen in the northeastern province of Drenthe in the Netherlands
Theodore Amar Lyons (December 28, 1900 – July 25, 1986) was an American professional baseball starting pitcher, manager and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB).
The Pan-African Congress (PAC) is a regular series of meetings that originally took place on the back of the Pan-African Conference held in London, England, in 1900.
Painter Diego Rivera (42) weds fellow artist Frida Kahlo (22)
Buffalo, New York had a turbulent, early-era National Football League team that operated under multiple names and several different owners between the 1910s and 1920s.
Prohibition of Wieringermeer finishes
Melvin Van Peebles, American actor and filmmaker, known for american actor and filmmaker, was born on 1932-08-21. Melvin Van Peebles was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer.
Wilt Chamberlain, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1936-08-21.
Italy bars all Jewish teachers in public and high schools
Attorney Samuel Tucker organizes a peaceful sit-in at the public library in Alexandria, Virginia, in an effort to grant Black patrons equal access; five young men are arrested for disorderly conduct. No trial is ever held, and charges are officially dropped 80 years later, and the community builds a
Leon Trotsky soviet politician and revolutionary, known for soviet politician and revolutionary, died on 1940-08-21. Lev Davidovich Trotsky (né Bronstein; 7 November [O.S.
Transport #22 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany
Japan leaves Aleutian Islands
Battle of Falaise, Normandy, led by Polish Armoured Division and First Canadian Army, is the largest encirclement on the Western Front, leading to the surrender and capture of the German 7th Army
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.
Ettore Bugatti, Italian italian-born french automobile designer and manufacturer, known for italian-born french automobile designer and manufacturer, died on 1947-08-21.
Cleveland Indians 47-inning scoreless streak is broken as future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Lemon yields a home run to Aaron Robinson in a 3-2 loss to Chicago White Sox
Canada's largest earthquake since 1700 strikes the Queen Charlotte Fault below Haida Gwaii at 8.1 magnitude, knocking cows off their feet [1]
WTVW (channel 7) is a television station in Evansville, Indiana, United States, serving as a de facto owned-and-operated station of The CW.
The R-7 Semyorka was a Soviet missile developed during the Cold War, and the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile. The R-7 made 28 launches between 1957 and 1961.
Kim Cattrall, British actress, known for british actress, was born on 1957-08-21. Kim Victoria Cattrall is a British actress.
KUT-FM in Austin, Texas, begins radio transmissions
The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory (Hawaiian: Panalāʻau o Hawaiʻi) was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 30, 1900, until August 21, 1959, when...
Stephen Hillenburg, American animator and educator, known for american animator and educator, was born on 1961-08-21.
Verne Gagne defeats Mister M (Doctor X) in Minneapolis to become NWA champion
Jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit home run gives Pirates a 7-6 victory
Palmiro Togliatti, Italian leader of the italian communist party, known for leader of the italian communist party, died on 1964-08-21.
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project...
The Beatles headline their second show of the day at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, after playing in the afternoon 341 miles away in Cincinnati, Ohio, following a rainout the night before
China's stockpile of nuclear weapons is estimated at 600 nuclear warheads as of 2025, making it the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal.
Stéphane Charbonnier, French athlete, known for french satirist and journalist, was born on 1967-08-21.
Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is an international broadcaster funded by the United States federal government and established in 1942.
The Al-Aqsa mosque fire was an arson attack on Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, the primary prayer hall within the Al-Aqsa compound, on 21 August 1969.
John Carmack computer programmer and video game developer, known for american computer programmer and video game developer, was born on 1971-08-21. John D.
British dock strike ends after dockers accept an amended Jones-Adlington Agreement
Sergey Brin, American computer scientist, known for american computer scientist, was born on 1974-08-21.
Rick and Paul Reuschel become the first brothers to pitch a combined shutout
Amy Fisher, American writer and porn star, known for american writer and porn star, was born on 1975-08-21.
Al Bumbry hits 17th inside-the-park home run in Oriole history
American water skier Donna Patterson Brice sets women's high speed record 111.11 mph at Long Beach, California
Release of first gay-themed telefilm, "Matlovich vs. U.S. Air Force," based on the true story of Leonard Matlovich, a US Air Force sergeant who is discharged from the Air Force for being gay
The 1979 Houston Astros season was the 18th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 15th as the Astros, 18th in the National League (NL), 11th in the NL...
Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1981 by producer, singer, and instrumentalist Al Jourgensen.
Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Rollie Fingers becomes the first pitcher to achieve 300 saves
Fayetteville ( FAY-ət-vil, locally FED-vəl) is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. Fort Bragg, a U.S.
American Mary Decker Slaney runs a mile in a world record time of 4:16.71 in Zurich, Switzerland; it is the third time she holds the record
Ian Botham takes his world-record 356th Test cricket wicket against New Zealand at The Oval
Usain Bolt athlete, known for jamaican sprinter, was born on 1987-08-21. Usain St. Leo Bolt is a Jamaican retired sprinter who is widely regarded as the greatest sprinter of all time.
Kacey Musgraves, American musician, known for american singer, was born on 1989-08-21. Kacey Lee Musgraves is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999.
US Marshals move in on Randy Weaver's cabin in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, to apprehend him on firearms charges; an 11-day standoff ensues
Mars Observer was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on September 25, 1992 to study the surface, atmosphere, climate and magnetic field of Mars.
General elections were held in Mexico on 21 August 1994. The presidential elections resulted in a victory for Ernesto Zedillo of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), whilst the PRI won 300 of...
Carrollton is a city in and the county seat of Carroll County, Georgia, United States.
In Venezuela, a subsidiary of state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela (PdVSA), Corpoven, signs a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with U.S.-based ARCO
Typhoon Winnie, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ibiang, was the most destructive tropical cyclone to impact the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, and Shandong in 200 years.
"How You Remind Me" is a song by the Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on July 17, 2001, as the lead single from their third studio album, Silver Side Up (2001).
Hurricane Dean, the first storm since Hurricane Andrew to make landfall as a Category 5, makes landfall in Costa Maya, Mexico, with winds at 165 mph
After winning the event in Athens, Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown wins consecutive 200 m Olympic titles, beating American Allyson Felix by 0.19 seconds in Beijing
New Zealand clinches their 10th Tri Nations Rugby Series with one match remaining, scoring 2 tries in the last 3 minutes to beat South Africa 29–22 in the first-ever Test at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg
In 2014, an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) occurred.
Internet censorship is one of the forms of censorship, the suppression of speech, public communication and other information.
Israeli airstrike in Rafah kills Mohammed Abu Shammala, Raed al-Atar, and Mohammed Barhoum, three of Hamas's top commanders
European Refugee Crisis: Germany makes it easier for Syrian refugees to claim asylum by suspending their Dublin Regulations
Brazil wins its third Olympic men's indoor volleyball gold medal at the Rio Games with a 25–22, 28–26, 26–24 victory over Italy
Chile's Constitutional Court approves a bill to ease the country's total abortion ban
74,155 fires caused by land clearing are burning in the Amazon rainforest, the most ever recorded, according to Brazil's National Institute for Space Research
German Chancellor challenges British PM Boris Johnson to find a solution to a no-deal Brexit in 30 days during their meeting in Berlin
Korean pop group BTS releases the single "Dynamite," the first video to be watched more than 100 million times in 24 hours on YouTube
American actress Lori Loughlin is sentenced to two months in prison along with her husband for her role in the US college admissions bribery scandal
Between midnight and 10:00 am CDT on Saturday, August 21, 2021, very heavy rainfall resulted in widespread flash flooding across western Middle Tennessee, including the town of Waverly.
Mario is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the star of the Mario franchise, a recurring character in the Donkey Kong franchise, and the mascot of their...
Afghanistan's Taliban regime issues new vice and virtue laws banning the sound of women's voices or singing in public and traveling anywhere without a male escort [1]