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21 Aug 0959
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Erachus becomes Bishop of Luik
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21 Aug 1321
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160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake
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21 Aug 1560
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Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy
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21 Aug 1673
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Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English and French fleet
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21 Aug 1680
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Pueblo Indians took possession of Santa F
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21 Aug 1703
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Turkish army removes Sultan Mustafa II
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21 Aug 1718
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Emperor Karel VI, Turkey and Venice sign peace treaty
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21 Aug 1831
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Nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton County, Virginia)
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21 Aug 1841
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John Hampson patents venetian blind
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21 Aug 1858
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1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)
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21 Aug 1863
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Raid at Lawrence KS by William Quantrill
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21 Aug 1864
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Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends after 2500 casualties
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21 Aug 1864
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Battle of Grubbs Crossroads, Kentucky
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21 Aug 1864
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Battle of Summit Point, Virginia
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21 Aug 1864
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General Major Nathan B Forrests assault on Memphis, Tennessee
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21 Aug 1878
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American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, New York
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21 Aug 1883
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Providence shuts out Phillies 28-0
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21 Aug 1887
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Mighty (Dan) Casey Struck-out in a game with the NY Giants!
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21 Aug 1888
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William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine
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21 Aug 1891
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Dutch Mackay government resigns
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21 Aug 1897
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Oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corp division
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21 Aug 1901
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21st US Mens Tennis: William Larned beats Beals C Wright (62 68 64 64)
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21 Aug 1901
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Joe McGinnity, suspended from NL for punching & spitting on an ump
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21 Aug 1912
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Mr Carter-Cotton chosen 1st chancellor of University of British Columbia
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21 Aug 1914
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20th US Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 290 at Midlothian Country Club - Illinois
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21 Aug 1914
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Belgium: German troops occupy Tamines
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21 Aug 1914
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French offensive in the Ardennen / Sambre
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21 Aug 1920
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3rd PGA Championship: Jock Hutchison at Flossmoor Country Club - Flossmoor, Illinois
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21 Aug 1922
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Curly Lambeau & Green Bay Football Club granted NFL franchise
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21 Aug 1925
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BV Emmen soccer team forms
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21 Aug 1926
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White Sox Ted Lyons no hits Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway
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21 Aug 1927
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4th Pan-African Congress meets (NYC)
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21 Aug 1929
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Chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town
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21 Aug 1930
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Prohibition of Wieringermeer finished
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21 Aug 1931
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Babe Ruth hits his 600th HR, off George Blaeholder of Browns
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21 Aug 1931
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Babe Ruth hits his 600th HR (Yanks beat Browns 11-7)
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21 Aug 1932
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Wes Ferrell is 1st to win 20 games in each of his 1st 4 seasons
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21 Aug 1933
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Ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in 1st All Star Game
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21 Aug 1936
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Red Sox Wes Ferrell, walks off mound when he feels he did no get good feilding, Sox suspend him
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21 Aug 1938
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Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public and High School
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21 Aug 1942
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Alpine hunters plant German flag on Elbroezgebergte, Kaukasus
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21 Aug 1943
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Gromyko named USSR-ambassador in Washington
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21 Aug 1943
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Japan leaves Aleutian Islands
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21 Aug 1944
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Germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy
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21 Aug 1944
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US 12nd Army corp occupies Sens
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21 Aug 1944
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Dumbarton Oaks conference opens in Washington, DC; establishes UN
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21 Aug 1945
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President Truman ends Lend-Lease program
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21 Aug 1947
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1st Little League World Series Maynard Midgets of Williamsport PA win
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21 Aug 1948
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Indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson
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21 Aug 1949
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NY Giants beat Phillies on a forfeit, due to fan's throwing debris
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21 Aug 1953
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Sultan Sidi Mohammed Am Joessoef V of Morocco deposed
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21 Aug 1953
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Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m
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21 Aug 1956
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WTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
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21 Aug 1957
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1st launching in Baikonur, Kazachstan (R7 "Semiorka"-rocket)
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21 Aug 1958
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KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions
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21 Aug 1959
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Hawaii becomes 50th US state
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21 Aug 1961
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Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya
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21 Aug 1962
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Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ
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21 Aug 1963
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Martial law declared in South Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas
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21 Aug 1963
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Martial law declared in S Vietnam
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21 Aug 1965
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Romania adopts constitution
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21 Aug 1965
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The Crusher beats Mad Dog Vachon in St. Paul, to become NWA champ
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21 Aug 1965
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Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts)
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21 Aug 1967
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China reports downing of 2 US bombers
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21 Aug 1967
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Liquid gas tanker explodes in Martelange Belgium, 22 killed
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21 Aug 1967
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Mikis Theodorakis arrested in Greece
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21 Aug 1968
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Marine James Anderson Jr is 1st black Medal of Honor winner
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21 Aug 1968
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Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion
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21 Aug 1968
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Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement
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21 Aug 1968
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After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio
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21 Aug 1968
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Democratic Convention opens in Chicago
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21 Aug 1968
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Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement
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21 Aug 1968
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William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight)
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21 Aug 1969
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Fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem
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21 Aug 1972
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British harbor strike ends
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21 Aug 1972
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Grace Slick maced by police when a band official called cops, pigs
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21 Aug 1972
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1st hot air balloon flight over the Alps
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21 Aug 1972
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Republican convention opens in Miami Beach
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21 Aug 1972
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US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched
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21 Aug 1975
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US lightens trade embargo against Cuba
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21 Aug 1975
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3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway
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21 Aug 1975
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Rick & Paul Reuschel become 1st brothers to pitch a combined shut out
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21 Aug 1976
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Battle East Sussex: Mary Langdon becomes 1st British firewoman
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21 Aug 1976
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Al Bumbry hits the 17th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history
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21 Aug 1977
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Debbie Austin wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
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21 Aug 1977
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Donna Patterson Brice sets high speed water skiing rec (111.11 mph)
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21 Aug 1978
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1st gay theme telefilm - Matlovich vs. US Air Force
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21 Aug 1979
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Mets win a protested game against Astros, 5-0
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21 Aug 1980
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Linda Ronstadt opens in "Pirates of Penzance" on Broadway
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21 Aug 1982
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Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut
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21 Aug 1982
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Rollie Fingers (Brewers) becomes 1st pitcher to get save #300
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21 Aug 1983
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"La Cage aux Folles" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 1761 performances
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21 Aug 1985
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New York Lotto pays $41 million to three winner (#s are 14-17-22-23-30-47)
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21 Aug 1985
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Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record 4:16.71
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21 Aug 1986
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"Rags" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances
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21 Aug 1986
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Lake Nios Volcano in Cameroon kills 1,746
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21 Aug 1986
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Red Sox Spike Owens scores 6 runs in a 24-5 rout of Cleveland Indians
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21 Aug 1986
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Surinames Ronnie Brunswijks Jungle commandos kill 2 government officials
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21 Aug 1986
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Lake Nios Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 1,746
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21 Aug 1986
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With 2 outs in the 6th inning, The Red Sox score 11 runs
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21 Aug 1987
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"Mack Lobell" set harness racing's trotting mil (1:52)
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21 Aug 1987
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Clayton Lonetree, 1st marine court-martialed for spying, convicted
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21 Aug 1988
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Juli Inkster wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic
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21 Aug 1988
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Yordanka Donkova runs world record 100 m hurdles (12.21)
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21 Aug 1988
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Cease fire between Iran & Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war
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21 Aug 1989
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Voyager 2 begins a flyby of the planet Neptune
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21 Aug 1991
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Communist coup is crushed in the USSR in 2 days
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21 Aug 1993
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Lyricist Bernie Taupin weds Strephanie Haymes
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21 Aug 1993
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NASA loses contact with Mars Observer
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21 Aug 1994
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Ernesto Zedillo wins Mexican presidential election
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21 Aug 1994
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Jane Geddes wins LPGA Chicago Golf Challenge
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21 Aug 1994
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Royal Air Maroc ATR-42 crash down at Agadir, 44 killed
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21 Aug 1996
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"Hughie, " opens at Circle in the Square Theater, New York City
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21 Aug 1996
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Christie Lee Woods, 18, of Texas, crowned 14th Miss Teen USA
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21 Aug 1996
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Netscape Browser 3.0 is released
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21 Aug 1997
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Typhoon Winnie kills 140, injures 3,000 in East China
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21 Aug 1997
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US government forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out
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21 Aug 2017
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Next total solar eclipse visible from North America
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