1700s / 18th century history on the 21st of August
1770 : James Cook formally claimed eastern Australia for Great Britain, with the name of New South Wales.
1800s / 19th century history on the 21st of August
1888 : The 1st successful adding machine in the United States was patented, by William Seward Burroughs.
1900s / 20th century history on the 21st of August
1904 : Count Basie, the African-American jazz pianist, was born William James Basie, in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA (died in 1984 aged 79).
1911 : The Mona Lisa was stolen by a Louvre employee.
1930 : Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, was born in Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland (died in 2002 aged 71).
1938 : Kenny Rogers, the American singer-songwriter and actor, was born in Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA (died in 2020 aged 81). official website : KennyRogers.com
1940 : Leon Trotsky, Russian-Ukrainian Marxist revolutionary, and politician, died after an axe attack, aged 60 (born in 1879).
1944 : Peter Weir (AM) Australian film director, was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
1952 : Joe Strummer, the English singer-songwriter and guitarist, was born John Mellor, in Ankara, Turkey (died in 2002 aged 50). He was best known as a co-founder, guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of The Clash, punk rock band. official websites : JoeStrummer.com | TheClash.com
1956 : Kim Cattrall, the English-Canadian actress, was born in Liverpool, England.
1959 : Hawaii was proclaimed the 50th state of the union, with the signing of an executive order by United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
1986 : Lake Nyos crater lake in Cameroon, Africa, emitted a large cloud of carbon dioxide gas, which suffocated 1746 people to death, within 25 kilometres (16 miles) of the lake.
1986 : Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter, was born in Sherwood Content, Jamaica.
1989 : Hayden Panettiere, the American actress, was born in Palisades, New York, USA.
1993 : NASA lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
2000s / 21st century history on the 21st of August
2000 : Tiger Woods, the American golfer became the 1st golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win 3 majors in a calendar year, when he won the 82nd PGA Championship on the 21st August 2000.
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