Holidays and Observances
- Philippines: Holiday - Ninoy Aquino Day
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
- 1940: Leon Trotsky - Soviet Leader
Music Chart Toppers
Top Box Office Movies
- 2007: Superbad - Michael Cera, Jonah Hill
- 2006: Talladega Nights - Will Ferrell
- 2005: 40 Year Old Virgin - Carell, Seth Rogen
- 2004: Exorcist: The Beginning - Izabella Scorupco
- 2003: Freddy vs. Jason - Robert Englund
- 1997: Batman and Robin - Chris O'Donnell, Clooney The Numbers: Historical Box Office Charts
AP Today in History
August 21 2007
2007: Hurricane Dean made landfall in the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico as a category 5 hurricane.
The 1990s
- 1991: The Soviet Union Coup against Mikhail Gorbachev failed thanks to hard line opposition led by Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin
The 1950s
- 1959: President Eisenhower signs proclaims Hawaii as the 50th State of the Union.
The 1940s
- 1940: Leon Trotsky was assassinated in Coyoacan, Mexico by Ramon Mercader who acted on behalf of Joseph Stalin.
The 1800s
1878: The American Bar Association was founded, the ABA would set academic standards throughout all Law Schools.
1841: Nat Turner of Southampton County, Virginia leads a slave rebellion in an effort to spark a slave uprising in the Southern America.