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Today in History: August 21
1129
The warrior Yoritomo is made Shogun without equal in Japan.

1945
President Harry S. Truman cancels all contracts under the Lend-Lease Act.

1959
Hawaii is admitted into the Union.

1976
Operation Paul Bunyan: after North Korean guards killed two American officers sent to trim a poplar tree along the DMZ on Aug. 18, US and ROK soldiers with heavy support chopped down the tree.

1989
Voyager 2 begins a flyby of planet Neptune.

2000
Tiger Woods wins golf's PGA Championship, the first golfer to win 3 majors in a calendar year since Ben Hogan in 1953.

2001
NATO decides to send a peacekeeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

2019
US President Donald Trump says Danish PM Mette Frederiksen was "nasty" to him over his interest in buying Greenland and cancels his trip to Denmark

2023
Saudi border guards accused of killing hundreds of migrants, shooting them as they tried to cross into the country from Yemen in report by Human Rights Watch

Today in History: Born on August 21

1936
Wilt Chamberlin, four-time MVP for the National Basketball Association and only player to score 100 points in a professional basketball game.

1938
Kenny Rogers, singer, actor; one of top-selling artists of all time; voted Favorite Singer of All Time in 1986 poll.

1954
Archie Griffin, NFL running back; only college player to win two Heisman trophies (Ohio State) and first player to start in four Rose Bowls; member, College Football Hall of Fame.

1956
Kim Cattrall, actress (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Sex in the City TV series).


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