Various events that happened on August 21

Every day's significant events become history over time. Those events take place there, which are good, which are first, which are the curse-blessing of mankind. The agenda of history has always been important to people. Keeping this importance in mind, Bangladesh regularly organizes 'Today's History' for the readers.

Today is August 21, 2024, Wednesday. Take a look at the important events that happened on this day in history, the birth and death dates of famous people and other important things.

Events:

1878 – First American Bar Association founded.

1911 – Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting Mona Lisa is stolen.

1915 – Italy declares war on Turkey.

1959 – Hawaii becomes America's 50th state.

1991 – Latvia gains independence from the Soviet Union.

2004-Dhaka's Bangabandhu Avenue at a rally of then opposition leader and current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was attacked with grenades. 24 people were killed in the attack, including former president Zillur Rahman's wife and Awami League leader Ivy Rahman.

Birth:

1789 – Augustine Louis Cauchy, French mathematician.

1986 – World's fastest man Usain Bolt.

Death:

1613 – Isha Khan, one of the twelve Bhuiyans.

1613 – Ruler Islam Khan in Bengal.

1940 – Russian revolutionary leader Leo Trotsky.

1943 – Nobel Prize in Literature [১৯১৭] Danish writer Heinrich Pontoppidan.

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