1912<\/strong> – Arthur R. Eldred became the first American boy to become an Eagle Scout. It is the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.<\/p>\n 1923<\/strong> – In Kalamazoo, Michigan, an ordinance was passed forbidding dancers from gazing into the eyes of their partner.<\/p>\n 1943<\/strong> – Japan evacuated the Aleutian island of Kiaska. Kiaska had been the last North American foothold held by the Japanese.<\/p>\n 1945<\/strong> – U.S. President Truman ended the Lend-Lease program that had shipped about $50 billion in aid to America’s Allies during World War II.<\/p>\n 1959<\/strong> – Hawaii became the 50th state. U.S. President Eisenhower also issued the order for the 50-star flag.<\/p>\n 1963<\/strong> – In South Vietnam, martial law was declared. Army troops and police began to crack down on the Buddhist anti-government protesters.<\/p>\n 1971<\/strong> – Laura Baugh, at the age of 16, won the United States Women’s Amateur Golf tournament. She was the youngest winner in the history of the tournament.<\/p>\n 1984<\/strong> – Victoria Roche, a reserve outfielder, became the first girl to ever compete in a Little League World Series game.<\/p>\n 1984<\/strong> – Clint Eastwood was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n 1989<\/strong> – Voyager 2<\/i>, a U.S. space probe, got close to the Neptune moon called Triton.<\/p>\n 1991<\/strong> – The hard-line coup against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev ended. The uprising that led to the collapse was led by Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin.<\/p>\n 1992<\/strong> – NBC News fired Authur Kent two weeks after he refused an assignment to war-torn Croatia.<\/p>\n 1993<\/strong> – NASA lost contact with the Mars Observer<\/i> spacecraft. The fate of the spacecraft was unknown. The mission cost $980 million.<\/p>\n 1994<\/strong> – Ernesto Zedillo won the Mexican presidential election.<\/p>\n 1996<\/strong> – The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 was signed by U.S. President Clinton. The act made it easier to obtain and keep health insurance.<\/p>\n 1997<\/strong> – Hudson Foods Inc. closed a plant in Nebraska after it had recalled 25 million pounds of ground beef that was potentially contaminated with E. coli 01557: H7. It was the largest food recall in U.S. history.<\/p>\n 1997<\/strong> – Afghanistan suspended its embassy operations in the United States.<\/p>\n 1997<\/strong> – Cicely Tyson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n 1998<\/strong> – Wesley Snipes received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n 2002<\/strong> – In Pakistan, President General Pervez Musharraf unilaterally amended the Pakistani constitution. He extended his term in office and granted himself powers that included the right to dissolve parliament.<\/p>\n 2003<\/strong> – In Ghana, businessman Gyude Bryant was selected to oversee the two-year power-sharing accord between Liberia’s rebels and the government. The accord was planned to guide the country out of 14 years of civil war.<\/p>\n 2009<\/strong> \u2013 Inglourious Basterds<\/i>, a war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, is released in American theaters to critical and popular acclaim.<\/sup><\/p>\n 2013<\/strong> \u2013 Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.<\/p>\n 2016<\/strong> \u2013 The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, takes place.<\/p>\n 2017<\/strong> \u2013 A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States.<\/p>\n History of 21 August 1912 – Arthur R. Eldred became the first American boy to become an Eagle Scout. 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