On This Day in History August 21, 2023

Historical Events 1192  Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192) 1703  The Edirne Event: Turkish army removes Sultan Mustafa II, lessening the power of the sultans 1772  King Gustav III of Sweden completes a coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution and installing himself as an enlightened despot, ending 50 years of parliamentary rule 1888  American inventor William Seward Burroughs patents the adding machine 1911  "Mona Lisa" stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Perugia; recovered in 1913 1959  Hawaii becomes the 50th US state 1991  Conservative coup in the Soviet Union is crushed by popular resistance led by Boris Yeltsin in three days Famous Birthdays Kacey Musgraves 34th Birthday Melvin Van Peebles 1932 - 2021 Stephen Hillenburg 1961 - 2018 Wilt Chamberlain 1936 - 1999 More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Leon Trotsky 1879 - 1940 Palmiro Togliatti 1893 - 1964 More Famous Deaths August 21: Fighter Pilot Shows Mercy Compassion was not expected of a fighter pilot in the Second World War but it was just that quality that saved the lives of a struggling American bomber crew. Read the Article