Tiger Woods has withdrawn from this week’s Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot. Image: Wikimedia Commons
On This Day: What happened on 21 August?
We look back on this day in history and remember the people and events that shaped the world we live in today.
Tiger Woods has withdrawn from this week’s Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot. Image: Wikimedia Commons
Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 21 August, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 21 AUGUST
1927 | The fourth Pan-African Congress was held in New York City, USA
1900 | Boers and the British clashed in the battle of Dalmanutha on.
2016 | The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took place.
2013 | In the Ghouta region of Syria, hundreds of people were reported killed by chemical attacks.
1994 | Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashed in Douar Izounine, Morocco, all 44 people died on board.
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BIRTHDAYS
1989 | Italian footballer, Matteo Gentili.
1955 | Former premier of the Northern Transvaal Province (now Limpopo), Ngoako Abel Ramathlodi.
1959 | English tennis player and coach, Anne Hobbs.
1945 | Greek-American composer, conductor, Basil Poledouris.
1939 | American Hall of Fame guitarist, James Burton.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2005 | American businessman, founded Moog Music, Robert Moog, 71.
2000 | Polish mountaineer and author, Andrzej Zawada, 72.
2014 | American colonel, engineer, and astronaut, Steven R. Nagel, 68.
2004 | Indian Oriya-language poet, Sachidananda Routray, 88.
2012 | German soldier and politician, Federal Minister of Defence for Germany, Georg Leber, 92.
SPORTS
2000 | American professional golfer, Tiger Woods, won the 82nd PGA Championship on this day and became the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
ENTERTAINMENT
2009 | A war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, “Inglourious Basterds” was released in American theaters on this day.
AFRICA FACT
The smallest country in mainland Africa the Gambia.
