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Old 08-21-2016, 12:55 PM   #217
Gravdigr
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August 21

1680 – Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.

1770 – James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.

1831 – Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, which will claim the lives of 55-65 whites.

1863 – Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerrillas Quantrill's Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre.

1883 – An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.

1897 – Oldsmobile, a brand of American automobiles, is founded.

1911 – The Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre employee.

1945 – Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

1959 – United States 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.

1961 – Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.

Patsy Cline recorded the classic Willie Nelson song, ‘Crazy’. Cline was still on crutches after going through a car windshield in a head-on collision two months earlier and had difficulty reaching the high notes of the song at first due to her broken ribs.

1983 - Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone had a four-hour brain surgery operation, after being found unconscious in a New York Street where he had been involved in a fight.

1986 – Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a range of 20-kilometers.

1991 – Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.

1993 – NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.

Births

1904 – Count Basie; 1906 – Friz Freleng (introduced and/or developed Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam and Speedy Gonzales); 1920 – Christopher Robin Milne (A.A. Milne's son, and the basis for 'Christopher Robin' in Winnie The Pooh); 1924 – Jack Buck, Jack Weston; 1932 – Melvin Van Peebles; 1936 – Wilt The Stilt Chamberlain; 1938 – Kenny Rogers♪ ♫; 1939 – Harold Reid♪ ♫(The Statler Bros); 1939 – Clarence Williams III ('Linc' on The Mod Squad); 1944 – Jackie DeShannon♪ ♫, Peter Weir; 1945 – Basil Poledouris♪ ♫; 1949 – Loretta Devine (Grey's Anatomy); 1950 – Arthur Bremer (shot George Wallace); 1951 – Harry Smith; 1952 – Glenn Hughes♪ ♫; 1952 – Joe Strummer(The Clash); 1954 – Steve 'Machine Gun' Smith(Journey); 1956 – Kim Cattrall; 1957 - Kim Sledge♪ ♫(Sister Sledge); 1959 – Jim McMahon (da Bears); 1961 – Stephen Hillenburg (created SpongeBob Squarepants); 1962 – Jeff Stryker (porn actor); 1963 – Richmond Arquette (of the acting Arquettes); 1967 – Carrie-Anne Moss (Matrix Trilogy), Serj Tankian♪ ♫(System of a Down); 1973 – Sergey Brin (cofounded the Google); 1979 – Kelis (her Milkshake brings all the boys to the yard); 1980 – Paul Menard; 1981 – Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss; 1986 – Usain Bolt, Kacey Musgraves♪ ♫; 1989 – Hayden Panettiere; 1990 – Bo Burnham

Deaths

1614 – Elizabeth Báthory; 1940 – Leon Trotsky; 1947 – Ettore Bugatti (yes, that one); 1974 – Buford Pusser(corrected); 1978 – Charles Eames (co-designed the Eames House); 1983 – Benigno Aquino, Jr.; 1988 – Ray Eames (co-designed the Eames House); 2005 – Robert Moog♪ ♫
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