August 21st In History

By Carole Copeland Thomas

Today is my birthday, and I'm sharing some moments of historical significance with you as we continue to explore diversity and multiculturalism around the world.  
Enjoy these historical factoids and share them with your friends and colleagues.
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​Today is Tuesday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2018. There are 132 days left in the year.

Source: The Boston Globe and Various News Organizations

Birthdays: Diversity Professional Carole Copeland Thomas born in Burton Mercy Hospital in 1953 in Detroit! The hospital was one of the few black owned medical institutions operating in the city of Detroit during that era.

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Actor-director Melvin Van Peebles is 86. Playwright Mart Crowley is 83. Singer Kenny Rogers is 80. Actor Clarence Williams III is 79. Statler Brothers singer Harold Reid is 79. Football Hall of Famer Willie Lanier is 73. Actress Patty McCormack is 73. Actress Loretta Devine is 69. NBC newsman Harry Smith is 67. Actress Kim Cattrall is 62. MLB player-turned-manager Craig Counsell is 48. Olympic gold medal sprinter Usain Bolt is 32. Country singer Kacey Musgraves is 30.

Today Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman was found guilty of eight financial crimes in the first trial victory of Robert Mueller’s investigation. A mistrial was declared on 10 other counts.

Today Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer and ‘‘fixer,’’ pleaded guilty Tuesday to campaign-finance violations and other charges, saying he and Trump arranged the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy model to influence the election.

In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order making Hawaii the 50th state.

Last year, Americans witnessed their first full-blown coast-to-coast solar eclipse since World War I, with eclipse-watchers gathering along a path of totality extending 2,600 miles across the continent.

In 1609, Galileo Galilei demonstrated his new telescope to a group of officials atop the Campanile in Venice.

In 1831, Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia resulting in the deaths of at least 55 whites. (Turner was eventually executed.)

In 1858, the first of seven debates between Illinois senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas took place.

In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order making Hawaii the 50th state.

In 1983, Philippine opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino Jr., ending a self-imposed exile in the Boston area, was shot dead moments after stepping off a plane at Manila International Airport.

In 2000 Tiger Woods, American professional golfer won the 82nd PGA Championship and became the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win 3 majors in a calendar year.

In 1991 the hard-line coup against Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian Federation President Boris N. Yeltsin.

In 1992 an 11-day siege began at the cabin of white separatist Randy Weaver in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, as government agents tried to arrest him for failing to appear in court on charges of selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns; on the first day of the siege, Weaver’s son, Samuel, and Deputy Marshal William Degan were killed.

In 2008 Hurricane Dean swept across Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula as a Category 5 storm.

In 1943 Harriet M. West was the first Black woman major in the Women's Army Corps (WAC).

In 1264 Kublai Khan accepted the surrender of his younger brother Ariq Böke at Xanadu, at the end of the Mongol civil war.

In 1904 William James Basie was one of the most notable jazz musicians of the 20th century. He was born on August 21, 1904, to Harvey Lee and Lillian Basie in Red Bank, New Jersey. Both his parents were musicians, which influenced Basie from an early age.

In 1321 a total of 160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at the stake.

In 1541 Ottoman Turks under Suleiman the Magnificent capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom and go on to dominate central Hungary for 150 years.

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