21ST
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST PIUS X, POPE; ST ABRAHAM OF
SMOLENSK; ST SIDONIUS APOLLINARIS; SAINTS BONOSUS & MAXIMIAN; & SAINTS CISELLUS
& CAMERINUS." |
| 21ST |
1806 |
WITH PROVISIONS ALMOST EXHAUSTED, PRISONERS ARE ALLOWED TO
HUNT KANGAROOS. |
| 21ST |
1841 |
THE VENETIAN BLIND WAS PATENTED BY
"JOHN HAMPTON" OF NEW ORLEANS. |
| 21ST |
1842 |
FOUNDING OF THE CITY OF HOBART. |
| 21ST |
1901 |
THE CADILLAC MOTOR COMPANY, NAMED AFTER
FRENCH EXPLORER, "ANTOINE CADILLAC," WAS FORMED IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. |
| 21ST |
1911 |
"LEONARDO da VINCI’S" PAINTING, "THE MONA
LISA" WAS STOLEN FROM THE LOUVRE IN PARIS. IT WAS RECOVERED TWO YEARS LATER. |
| 21ST |
1920 |
COLLIER AMELIA J LEAVES
NEWCASTLE FOR HOBART & DISAPPEARS WITH THE LOSS OF 12 CREW. |
| 21ST |
1924 |
OPEN CUT MINING OF BROWN COAL BEGINS AT YALLOURN, VICTORIA. |
| 21ST |
1938 |
SINGER, "KENNY ROGERS" WAS
BORN IN HOUSTON. A MEMBER OF "THE NEW CHRISTY MINSTRELS" &
"FIRST EDITION" IN THE 1960’s. HE WENT SOLO IN 1973, SCORING MORE THAN A
DOZEN No 1 COUNTRY SINGLES.HIS BIGGEST HIT BEING "LADY" WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY
"LIONEL RICHIE." |
| 21ST |
1940 |
RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY, "LEON TROTSKY" DIES OF
WOUNDS INFLICTED BY AN ASSAILANT THE PREVIOUS DAY. |
| 21ST |
1950 |
HAWAII IS ADMITTED AS THE 50TH OF THE
UNITED STATES. |
| 21ST |
1961 |
AUSTRALIAN CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM ‘FOUR CORNERS’
DEBUTS ON TELEVISION. |
| 21ST |
1976 |
U.S. TENNIS PLAYER "RENEE
RICHARDS" WHO NEVER ACHIEVED MUCH RECOGNITION AS A MAN (RICHARD RASKIND) WON HER
FIRST MATCH AS A WOMAN DEFEATING "KATHY BEENE" 6-0, 6-2. BEFORE HER OFFICIAL
DEBUT AS A WOMAN PLAYER, SHE PLAYED SOME PREVIOUS MATCHES IN CALIFORNIA UNDER THE NAME,
"RENEE CLARK." |
| 21ST |
1985 |
"MARY DECKER SLANEY" SETS A ONE MILE WORLD RECORD
OF 4:16.71 |
| 21ST |
1987 |
"MACK LOBELL" SETS A HARNESS
RACING MILE RATE OF 1:52 |
| 21ST |
1991 |
AN ATTEMPTED COUP IN THE USSR FAILED; FACED WITH
INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION & POPULAR PROTESTS LED BY "BORIS YELTSIN," THE
JUNTA STEPPED DOWN & GORBACHEV" WAS REINSTATED. |
| 21ST |
1991 |
FIRE ENGULFS 6 CHEMICAL STORAGE TANKS
AT COODE ISLAND, MELBOURNE, FOLLOWING A SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS SET OFF BY ELECTRICAL WEATHER
OCCURRENCE KNOWN AS ‘ST ELMO’S FIRE.’ |
| 21ST |
1998 |
TELEVISION STATION, "NWS 9" IS SOLD BY THE
"LAMB FAMILY" TO "SOUTHERN CROSS BROADCASTING" FOR $98million. |
| 21ST |
1998 |
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MHR, "TERRY
CAMERON" RESIGNS FROM THE LABOUR PARTY, ENDING A 40 YEAR ASSOCIATION. |
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