Coup Attempt Against Mikhail Gorbachev Collapses August 21, 1991
Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses. Date: August 21, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 21 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
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Latvia Declares Full Independence from Soviet Union, August 21, 1991
Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940. Date: August 21, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 21 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
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NASA Loses Contact with Mars Observer Spacecraft, August 21, 1993
NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft. Date: August 21, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 21 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
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Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 Crashes in Morocco, 44 Killed, August 21, 1994
Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board. Date: August 21, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 21 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
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Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 Crash in Georgia, August 21, 1995
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, attempts to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in Carroll County near Carrollton, Georgia, killing nine of the 29 people on board. Date: August 21, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August…
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Tiger Woods Wins 82nd PGA Championship, Three Majors in 2000 – August 21, 2000
American golfer Tiger Woods wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year. Date: August 21, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 21 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today)
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Ghouta Chemical Attack Kills Hundreds in Syria – August 21, 2013
Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria. Date: August 21, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 21 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)
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Solar Eclipse Crosses Continental United States August 21, 2017
A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States. Date: August 21, 2017 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 21 📅 Events on this day in 2017 📅 On This Day (Today)
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Sun Yat-sen Establishes Tongmenghui in Tokyo, August 20, 1905
Sun Yat-sen, Song Jiaoren, and others establish the Tongmenghui, a Republican, anti-Qing revolutionary organisation, in Tokyo, Japan. Date: August 20, 1905 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1905 📅 On This Day (Today)
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Great Fire of 1910 Devastates Inland Northwest, 87 Dead – August 20, 1910
Extreme fire weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes many small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3 million acres (12,000 km2) and killing 87 people. Date: August 20, 1910 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1910 📅…
