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History Events on August 21
 
  
           James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
#James_Anderson_Jr.
 
            In 1968 
           
 
           
  
           Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board.
#Royal_Air_Maroc_Flight_630
 
            In 1994 
           
 
           
  
           An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
#1883_Rochester_tornado
 
            In 1883 
           
 
           
  
           Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
#Lawrence,_Kansas
 
            In 1863 
           
 
           
  
           James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
#James_Cook
 
            In 1770 
           
 
           
  
           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.
#Atlantic_Southeast_Airlines_Flight_529
 
            In 1995 
           
 
           
  
           The 6.9 Mw? Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal-India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709-1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
#1988_Nepal_earthquake
 
            In 1988 
           
 
           
  
           Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes Sei-i Taish?gun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: the 12th day of the 7th month in the 3rd year of the Kenky? (??) era).
#Minamoto_no_Yoritomo
 
            In 1192 
           
 
          Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
#Ghouta_chemical_attack
 
            In 2013 
           
 
           
  
           United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day.
#President_of_the_United_States
 
            In 1959 
           
 
           
  
           Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.
#Lebanese_Civil_War
 
            In 1982 
           
 
           
  
           Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
#Dumbarton_Oaks_Conference
 
            In 1944 
           
 
           
  
           The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, takes place.
#2016_Summer_Olympics_closing_ceremony
 
            In 2016 
           
 
           
  
           The first of the Lincoln-Douglas debates is held in Ottawa, Illinois.
#Lincoln-Douglas_debates
 
            In 1858 
           
 
           
  
           World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
#Operation_Tractable
 
            In 1944 
           
 
           
  
           American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
#American_Revolutionary_War
 
            In 1778 
           
 
           
  
           The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
#Adding_machine
 
            In 1888 
           
 
           
  
           King Stefan Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stefan Dušan, who succeeds as King of Serbia.
#Stefan_De?anski
 
            In 1331 
           
 
           
            In 1415 
           
 
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