Historical Events In August - 21

2013  37 people are killed and 16 are injured in a bus crash near Chin Swee Temple, Malaysia on this day in history.   

2014  Israeli airstrike in Rafah kills Mohammed Abu Shammala, Raed al Atar and Mohammed Barhoum on August - 21.   

2017  On August - 21 next total solar eclipse visible from North America   

2017  The next total solar eclipse visible from Canada will happen on this day on this day in history.   

2017  Total solar eclipse visible from North America on August - 21.   

2017  On this day in history london's parliament clock Big Ben chimes for the last time before a four-year restoration process for its tower starts   

2017  Destroyer USS John S McCain collides with an oil tanker near Singapore leaving 10 missing and 5 injured on this day in history.   

2017  On August - 21 johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $417m to woman who developed ovarian cancer after using their talc-based products   

2017  Chile's constitutional court approves bill to ease country's total abortion ban on this day in history.   

2017  A total solar eclipse (nicknamed "The Great American Eclipse") is visible within a band across the entire contiguous United States of America, passing from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts on this day in history.   

2018  Michael Cohen, President Trump 's personal lawyer, pleads guilty to charges including illegal payment at direction of Trump to women Trump had affairs with on August - 21.   

2018  On August - 21 australian PM Malcolm Turnbull calls for and wins a leadership vote 43-35 over Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton   

2018  Paul Manafort, former Trump campaign chairman, is convicted on eight counts of fraud in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia on August - 21.   

2018  Water-ice first detected on the Moon by India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft (2008-9) in findings published by scientists on this day in history.   

2018  Californian Representative Duncan Hunter indicted for using campaign funds for personal expenses including holidays and flight for a pet rabbit on this day in history.   

2019  German Chancellor challenges British PM Boris Johnson to find a solution to a no-deal Brexit in 30 days at their meeting in Berlin on this day in history.   

2019  The Rock [Dwayne Johnson] named highest paid actor for a second year in a row, earning $89.4m on August - 21.   

2019  Amazon rainforest wildfires: Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reports fires burning in the Amazon rainforest at a record rate, with more than 36,000 in the year to date, while smoke reaches São Paulo more than 1,700 miles (2,700 km) away on this day in history.   

2019  Giuseppe Conte offers his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy in order to avoid a no-confidence motion on this day in history.   

2020  BTS 's release new single Dynamite, becomes 1st video to be watched more than 100 million times in 24 hours on YouTube on this day in history.   

2023  Canadian wildfires: 68% of the Northwest Territories are forced to evacuate to other parts of the country due to wildfires on August - 21.   

2023  Saudi Arabia is accused of mass killing hundreds of African migrants attempting to cross its border with Yemen on August - 21.   

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1165  On August - 21 birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)   

1535  On this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on this day in history.   

1597  On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

1642  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  On August - 21 birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)   

1660  On this day in history birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on August - 21.   

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on August - 21.   

1157  On this day in history death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on this day in history.   

1245  On August - 21 alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on this day in history.   

1516  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 on August - 21.   

1581  Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on August - 21.   

1614  On August - 21 death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)