August 21

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Author : FJ

Selected anniversaries

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August 21: Ramadan begins at sunset (Islam, 2009); Ninoy Aquino Day in the Philippines

1772 – A bloodless coup d’état led by Gustav III (pictured) was completed with the adoption of a new Swedish Constitution.
1831 – Nat Turner led a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, USA, but it was suppressed about 48 hours later.
1959 – Under the terms of the Hawaii Admission Act and a subsequent plebiscite, the Territory of Hawaii was officially admitted as the 50th U.S. state.
1963 – The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
1968 – The “Prague Spring“, a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia, abruptly ended after Warsaw Pact troops invaded the country, killing 72 Czechoslovaks and arresting their leader Alexander Dub?ek.

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August 20

Selected anniversaries [edit] August 20: Ramadan begins at sunset (Islam, 2009); St. Stephen's Day in Hungary 917 – Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Bulgarians led by Tsar Simeon I (seal pictured) drove the Byzantines out of Thrace with a decisive victory in the Battle of Anchialus. 1794 – American troops defeated the Western Confederacy, a Native American alliance, at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, the decisive battle ...

August 9

Selected anniversaries [edit] August 9: National Day for Singapore (1965); National Women's Day in South Africa 48 BC – Julius Caesar and the Populares defeated Pompey and the Optimates at the Battle of Pharsalus, solidifying his control over the Roman Republic. 1173 – The construction of a campanile, which would eventually become the Leaning Tower of Pisa, began. 1942 – British Raj authorities arrested Mahatma ...

August 13

Selected anniversaries [edit] August 13: Independence Day for the Central African Republic (1960) 1521 – After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés captured Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. 1704 – The combined forces of England, the Holy Roman Empire, and the United Provinces defeated France and Bavaria in the Battle of Blenheim (pictured), one of the ...

August 27

Selected anniversaries [edit] August 27: Independence Day for Moldova (1991) 1776 – British forces led by William Howe defeated the American Continental Army under George Washington at the Battle of Long Island in Brooklyn, New York, the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War. 1883 – Four enormous explosions from the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa generated tsunamis that destroyed many settlements on Java and ...

August 22

Selected anniversaries [edit] August 22: First day of Ramadan (Islam, 2009); Feast Day of the Queenship of Mary (Roman Catholic Church) 1639 – The British East India Company bought a small strip of land on what is today Chennai, the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, from the King of the Vijayanagara Empire, Peda Venkata Raya. 1791 – A slave rebellion ...

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