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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_21" title="August 21">August 21</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1716" title="1716">1716</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1714%E2%80%931718)" title="Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)">Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> forces suddenly abandoned <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Corfu_(1716)" title="Siege of Corfu (1716)">their siege</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corfu" title="Corfu">Corfu</a>, allowing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Republic of Venice</a> to preserve its rule over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionian_Islands" title="Ionian Islands">Ionian Islands</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a> – American physicist <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Daghlian" title="Harry Daghlian">Harry Daghlian</a></b> accidentally dropped a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten_carbide" title="Tungsten carbide">tungsten carbide</a> brick onto a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium" title="Plutonium">plutonium</a> bomb core, exposing himself to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_radiation" title="Neutron radiation">neutron radiation</a> and later becoming the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project" title="Manhattan Project">Manhattan Project</a> fatality due to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticality_accident" title="Criticality accident">criticality accident</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971" title="1971">1971</a> – Six people were killed during <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Quentin_Six" title="San Quentin Six">an escape attempt and riot</a></b> at <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Quentin_State_Prison" title="San Quentin State Prison">San Quentin State Prison</a> in California; the subsequent trial of six inmates was the longest in state history at the time.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986" title="1986">1986</a> – A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limnic_eruption" title="Limnic eruption">limnic eruption</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos" title="Lake Nyos">Lake Nyos</a> in Cameroon released a cloud of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide" title="Carbon dioxide">carbon dioxide</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos_disaster" title="Lake Nyos disaster">suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>: Areas controlled by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_opposition" title="Syrian opposition">Syrian opposition</a> in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghouta" title="Ghouta">Ghouta</a>, Damascus, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghouta_chemical_attack" title="Ghouta chemical attack">were attacked by rockets</a></b> containing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarin" title="Sarin">sarin</a>, killing at least 281 people.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Tassis,_2nd_Count_of_Villamediana" title="Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana">Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1622); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Tinne" title="Emily Tinne">Emily Tinne</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1886); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Mashinini" title="Emma Mashinini">Emma Mashinini</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1929); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Finn" title="Jerry Finn">Jerry Finn</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2008)</p>
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