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August 21st

1831 Nat Turner believed to be chosen to lead his people out of slavery, began a bloody slave insurrection in Southampton County, Virginia. Him and his 70 followers killed 60 whites and were captured a day later by militia|
1911 Leonardo Da Vinci's famous painting of the wife of Zanoki del Gioconda, The Mona Lisa, was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris by Italian waiter Vicenzo Perruggia and was recovered in Italy two years later
1959 Hawaii becomes the 50th US State under President Eisenhower
1968 Soviet Union (Russia) invades Chzechoslovakia and soon installed a puppet communist government of their own
1983 Returning to the Philippines after three years of self-exile in the US, former Senator Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., is slain while exiting his plane in Manila. Aquino is a political rival of President Ferdinand E. Marcos, and many hold the Marcos government responsible for his death.

1904 Bandleader (William) Count Basie
1930 Princess of Snowdon Margaret Rose, sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II
1936 NBA Basketball Star Wilton Chamberlain
1938 Singer Kenny (Kenneth Donald) Rogers
1956 Actress Kim Cattrall
1959 NFL Football Quarterback Jim McMahon

Top Hits Courtesy of...

1958

Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) - Domenico Modugno

Little Star - The Elegants

Just a Dream - Jimmy Clanton

My True Love - Jack Scott

1966

Summer in the City - The Lovin' Spoonful

Sunny - Bobby Hebb

See You in September - The Happenings

I Couldn't Live without Your Love - Petula Clark

1974

The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace

Having My Baby - Paul Anka

Tell Me Something Good - Rufus

As Soon as I Hang up the Phone - Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty

1982

Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

Even the Nights are Better - Air Supply

Wasted on the Way - Crosby, Stills and Nash

Nobody - Sylvia

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