August 21
1680 - Pueblo Indians drove out the Spanish and took possession of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1831 - Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of at least 55 white people; scores of Black people were killed in retribution in the aftermath of the rebellion, and Turner was later executed.
1858 - The first of seven debates took place between Illinois senatorial contenders Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.
1911 - The Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre museum in France by an Italian waiter, Vicenzo Perruggia. (It was recovered two years later in Italy.)
1940 - Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in Mexico City.
1944 - The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and China opened talks at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington that helped pave the way for establishment of the United Nations.
1945 - President Harry S. Truman announced the end of the Lend-Lease Program.
1959 - Hawaii became the 50th state.
1983 - Corazon Aquino's husband Benigno, who was Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos's chief political opponent, was assassinated.
1991 - Latvia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
1991 - The hardline coup against Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian Federation President Boris N. Yeltsin.
1992 - An 11-day siege began at the cabin of white separatist Randy Weaver in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, as government agents tried to arrest Weaver for failing to appear in court on charges of selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns; on the first day of the siege, Weaver’s teenage son, Samuel, and Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan were killed.
1993 - In a serious setback for NASA, engineers lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft as it was about to reach the red planet on a $980 million mission.
2000 - Rescue efforts to reach the sunken Russian nuclear submarine Kursk ended with divers announcing none of the 118 sailors had survived.
2010 - Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power plant, which Moscow promised to safeguard to prevent material at the site from being used in any potential weapons production.
2013 - Army Pfc. Chelsea Manning was sentenced at Fort Meade, Maryland, to up to 35 years in prison for spilling an unprecedented trove of government secrets. (The former intelligence analyst was later sentenced to up to 35 years in prison, but the term was commuted by President Barack Obama.)
2013 - The National Security Agency declassified three secret court opinions showing how in one of its surveillance programs, it scooped up as many as 56,000 emails and other communications by Americans not connected to terrorism annually over three years.
2015 - A trio of Americans, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Spencer Stone, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos and college student Anthony Sadler, and a British businessman, Chris Norman, tackled and disarmed a Moroccan gunman on a high-speed train between Amsterdam and Paris.
2020 - A former police officer who became known as the Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, told victims and family members in a Sacramento courtroom that he was “truly sorry” before he was sentenced to multiple life prison sentences for a decade-long string of rapes and murders.
Birthdays
24 - Maxim Knight (actor)
31 - RJ Mitte (actor)
34 - Hayden Panettiere (actress)
35 - Kacey Musgraves (singer)
36 - Cody Kasch (actor)
37 - Brooks Wheelan (actor/comedian)
37 - Carlos Pratts (actor)
37 - Usain Bolt (track & field athlete)
39 - Melissa Schuman (singer)
40 - Brody Jenner (TV personality)
48 - Alicia Witt (actress)
53 - Carrie-Anne Moss (actress)
61 - Cleo King (actress)
64 - Jim McMahon (football player)
67 - Kim Cattrall (actress)
71 - Glenn Hughes (singer)
72 - Harry Smith (broadcast journalist)
74 - Loretta Devine (actress)
78 - Patty McCormack (actress)
78 - Willie Lanier (football player)
82 - Jackie DeShannon (singer)
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Today in Sports History - August 21
1901 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Joe McGinnity is suspended from MLB for punching & spitting on umpire Tom Connolly in previous day's 5-2 loss to Detroit Tigers; lifetime suspension reduced to 12 days.
1929 - The Chicago Cardinals traveled out of town for training camp. They were the first professional football team to do this.
1931 - Babe Ruth becomes the first MLB player to achieve 600 career home runs.
1971 - Laura Baugh, at the age of 16, won the United State's Women's Amateur Golf tournament. She was the youngest winner in the history of the tournament.
1984 - Victoria Roche, a reserve outfielder, became the first girl to ever compete in a Little League World Series game.
2006 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit his 725th career homerun.
2008 - The United States defeats Brazil 1-0 in extra time to win the gold medal in women's soccer at the Beijing Summer Olympic Games.
2009 - The Dallas Cowboys played their first game at their new stadium in Arlington, TX. During the preseason game, against the Tennessee Titans, the Titans' kicker hit the scoreboard hanging in the center of the stadium.
2016 - Kevin Durant scores 30 points to lead the United States men's basketball team to a 96-66 win over Serbia to win the gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2020 - Scottie Scheffler becomes the 12th player in PGA Tour history to shoot a 59 in a PGA event (he shot the score in the second round of the Northern Trust at TPC Boston).
1680 - Pueblo Indians drove out the Spanish and took possession of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1831 - Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of at least 55 white people; scores of Black people were killed in retribution in the aftermath of the rebellion, and Turner was later executed.
1858 - The first of seven debates took place between Illinois senatorial contenders Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.
1911 - The Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre museum in France by an Italian waiter, Vicenzo Perruggia. (It was recovered two years later in Italy.)
1940 - Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in Mexico City.
1944 - The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and China opened talks at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington that helped pave the way for establishment of the United Nations.
1945 - President Harry S. Truman announced the end of the Lend-Lease Program.
1959 - Hawaii became the 50th state.
1983 - Corazon Aquino's husband Benigno, who was Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos's chief political opponent, was assassinated.
1991 - Latvia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
1991 - The hardline coup against Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian Federation President Boris N. Yeltsin.
1992 - An 11-day siege began at the cabin of white separatist Randy Weaver in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, as government agents tried to arrest Weaver for failing to appear in court on charges of selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns; on the first day of the siege, Weaver’s teenage son, Samuel, and Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan were killed.
1993 - In a serious setback for NASA, engineers lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft as it was about to reach the red planet on a $980 million mission.
2000 - Rescue efforts to reach the sunken Russian nuclear submarine Kursk ended with divers announcing none of the 118 sailors had survived.
2010 - Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power plant, which Moscow promised to safeguard to prevent material at the site from being used in any potential weapons production.
2013 - Army Pfc. Chelsea Manning was sentenced at Fort Meade, Maryland, to up to 35 years in prison for spilling an unprecedented trove of government secrets. (The former intelligence analyst was later sentenced to up to 35 years in prison, but the term was commuted by President Barack Obama.)
2013 - The National Security Agency declassified three secret court opinions showing how in one of its surveillance programs, it scooped up as many as 56,000 emails and other communications by Americans not connected to terrorism annually over three years.
2015 - A trio of Americans, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Spencer Stone, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos and college student Anthony Sadler, and a British businessman, Chris Norman, tackled and disarmed a Moroccan gunman on a high-speed train between Amsterdam and Paris.
2020 - A former police officer who became known as the Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, told victims and family members in a Sacramento courtroom that he was “truly sorry” before he was sentenced to multiple life prison sentences for a decade-long string of rapes and murders.
Birthdays
24 - Maxim Knight (actor)
31 - RJ Mitte (actor)
34 - Hayden Panettiere (actress)
35 - Kacey Musgraves (singer)
36 - Cody Kasch (actor)
37 - Brooks Wheelan (actor/comedian)
37 - Carlos Pratts (actor)
37 - Usain Bolt (track & field athlete)
39 - Melissa Schuman (singer)
40 - Brody Jenner (TV personality)
48 - Alicia Witt (actress)
53 - Carrie-Anne Moss (actress)
61 - Cleo King (actress)
64 - Jim McMahon (football player)
67 - Kim Cattrall (actress)
71 - Glenn Hughes (singer)
72 - Harry Smith (broadcast journalist)
74 - Loretta Devine (actress)
78 - Patty McCormack (actress)
78 - Willie Lanier (football player)
82 - Jackie DeShannon (singer)
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Today in Sports History - August 21
1901 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Joe McGinnity is suspended from MLB for punching & spitting on umpire Tom Connolly in previous day's 5-2 loss to Detroit Tigers; lifetime suspension reduced to 12 days.
1929 - The Chicago Cardinals traveled out of town for training camp. They were the first professional football team to do this.
1931 - Babe Ruth becomes the first MLB player to achieve 600 career home runs.
1971 - Laura Baugh, at the age of 16, won the United State's Women's Amateur Golf tournament. She was the youngest winner in the history of the tournament.
1984 - Victoria Roche, a reserve outfielder, became the first girl to ever compete in a Little League World Series game.
2006 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit his 725th career homerun.
2008 - The United States defeats Brazil 1-0 in extra time to win the gold medal in women's soccer at the Beijing Summer Olympic Games.
2009 - The Dallas Cowboys played their first game at their new stadium in Arlington, TX. During the preseason game, against the Tennessee Titans, the Titans' kicker hit the scoreboard hanging in the center of the stadium.
2016 - Kevin Durant scores 30 points to lead the United States men's basketball team to a 96-66 win over Serbia to win the gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2020 - Scottie Scheffler becomes the 12th player in PGA Tour history to shoot a 59 in a PGA event (he shot the score in the second round of the Northern Trust at TPC Boston).
