The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee. On August 21, 1911, Leonardo da Vinci’s *Mona Lisa* was stolen from the Louvre…
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21 August 1770
James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales. James Cook (1728–1779) was a British explorer, navigator, and cartographer best…
21 August 1982
Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization’s withdrawal from Lebanon. The war ended…
21 August 1883
An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic. The creation of the Mayo Clinic is not directly linked to…
21 August 1991
Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt’]
21 August 1821
Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances. The island’s first known sighting by Europeans was on August 21, 1821 by…
21 August 1991
A coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev fails. Just three days after it began, the coup against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev collapses. Despite his success in…