{"id":23040,"date":"2020-08-21T04:10:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T22:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=23040"},"modified":"2020-08-20T16:22:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T10:52:43","slug":"history-of-21-august-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-21-august-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 21 August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1991 &#8211; The hard-line coup against\nSoviet President Mikhail Gorbachev ended. The uprising that led to the collapse\nwas led by Russian federation President Boris Yeltsin.<\/li><li>1992 &#8211; NBC News fired Authur Kent\ntwo weeks after he refused an assignment to war-torn Croatia.<\/li><li>1993 &#8211; NASA lost contact with\nthe&nbsp;<em>Mars Observer<\/em>&nbsp;spacecraft. The fate of the spacecraft was\nunknown. The mission cost $980 million.<\/li><li>1994 &#8211; Ernesto Zedillo won the\nMexican presidential election.<\/li><li>1996 &#8211; The Health Insurance\nPortability and Accountability Act of 1996 was signed by&nbsp;U.S. President\nClinton. The act made it easier to obtain and keep health insurance.<\/li><li>1997 &#8211; Hudson Foods Inc. closed a\nplant in Nebraska after it had recalled 25 million pounds of ground beef that\nwas potentially contaminated with E. coli 01557:H7. It was the largest food\nrecall in&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;history.<\/li><li>1997 &#8211; Afghanistan suspended its\nembassy operations in the&nbsp;United States.<\/li><li>1997 &#8211; Cicely Tyson received a star\non the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/li><li>1998 &#8211; Wesley Snipes received a star\non the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/li><li>2002 &#8211; In Pakistan, President\nGeneral Pervez Musharraf unilaterally amended the Pakistani constitution. He\nextended his term in office and granted himself powers that included the right\nto dissolve parliament.<\/li><li>2003 &#8211; In Ghana, businessman Gyude\nBryant was selected to oversee the two-year power-sharing accord between\nLiberia&#8217;s rebels and the government. The accord was planned to guide the country\nout of 14 years of civil war. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2013\u00a0\u2013 Hundreds of people are reported killed by\u00a0chemical attacks\u00a0in the\u00a0Ghouta\u00a0region of\u00a0Syria.<\/li><li>2017\u00a0\u2013\u00a0A solar eclipse\u00a0traverses the\u00a0continental United States.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Celebrating Birthday Today <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1981\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jarrod Lyle, Australian golfer (d. 2018)<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Cameron Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded\u00a0ConnectU<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Tyler Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded\u00a0ConnectU<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Ross Thomas, American actor<\/li><li>1982\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jason Eaton, New Zealand rugby player<\/li><li>1982 \u2013\u00a0Omar Sachedina, Canadian television journalist, correspondent, and news anchor<\/li><li>1983\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Scott McDonald, Australian footballer<\/li><li>1984\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Neil Dexter, South African cricketer<\/li><li>1984 \u2013\u00a0Melvin Upton, Jr., American baseball player<\/li><li>1985\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Nicol\u00e1s Almagro, Spanish tennis player<\/li><li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Aleksandra Kiryashova, Russian pole vaulter<\/li><li>1986\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Wout Brama, Dutch footballer<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Koki Sakamoto, Japanese gymnast<\/li><li>1988\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Robert Lewandowski, Polish footballer<\/li><li>1988 \u2013\u00a0Kacey Musgraves, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<\/li><li>1989\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Charlison Benschop, Dutch footballer<\/li><li>1989 \u2013\u00a0James Davey, English rugby league player<\/li><li>1989 \u2013\u00a0Matteo Gentili, Italian footballer<\/li><li>1989 \u2013\u00a0Hayden Panettiere, American actress<\/li><li>1989 \u2013\u00a0Aleix Vidal, Spanish footballer<\/li><li>1990\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bo Burnham, American comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker and poet<\/li><li>1991\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Leandro Bacuna, Dutch footballer<\/li><li>1992\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Felipe Nasr, Brazilian race car driver<\/li><li>2000\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kate Valdez, Filipina actress and singer<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1991 &#8211; 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. 1992 &#8211; NBC News fired Authur Kent two weeks after he refused an assignment to war-torn Croatia. 1993 &#8211; NASA lost contact with the&nbsp;Mars Observer&nbsp;spacecraft. 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