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Today in History
August 21

1129   The warrior Yoritomo is made Shogun without equal in Japan.
1525   Estavao Gomes returns to Portugal after failing to find a clear waterway to Asia.
1794   France surrenders the island of Corsica to the British.
1808   Napoleon Bonaparte’s General Junot is defeated by Wellington at the first Battle of the Peninsular War at Vimiero, Portugal.
1831   Nat Turner leads a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia that kills close to 60 whites.
1858   The first of a series of debates begins between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Douglas goes on to win the Senate seat in November, but Lincoln gains national visibility for the first time.
1863   Confederate raiders under William Quantrill strike Lawrence, Kansas, leaving 150 civilians dead.
1864   Confederate General A.P. Hill attacks Union troops south of Petersburg, Va., at the Weldon railroad. His attack is repulsed, resulting in heavy Confederate casualties.
1915   Italy declares war on Turkey.
1942   U.S. Marines turn back the first major Japanese ground attack on Guadalcanal in the Battle of Tenaru.
1944   The Dumbarton Oaks conference, which lays the foundation for the establishment of the United Nations, is held in Washington, D.C.
1945   President Harry S. Truman cancels all contracts under the Lend-Lease Act.
1959   Hawaii is admitted into the Union.
1963   The South Vietnamese Army arrests over 100 Buddhist monks in Saigon.
1968   Soviet forces invade Czechoslovakia because of the country’s experiments with a more liberal government.
1996   The new Globe theater opens in England.

Born on August 21
1798   Jules Michelet, French historian who wrote the 24-volume Historie de France.
1904   William "Count" Basie, American band leader and composer.
1936   Wilt Chamberlin, four-time MVP for the National Basketball Association and only player to score 100 points in a professional basketball game.
1938   Kenny Rogers, country singer.

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