August 21 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for August 21
In the headlines today:

2001	Blues guitarist/singer John Lee Hooker dies in Los Altos, California, at age 83.
2001		Adam West (left) and Burt Ward star as the Dynamic Duo in Batman: The Movie, which is released to DVD on this date. (photo credit: 20th Century Fox)
1983	The musical La Cage Aux Folles opens on Broadway.
1980	Composer Bert Kaempfert dies while vacationing in Majorca, Spain, at age 57.
1976	Country singer Reba McEntire marries pro steer wrestler Charlie Battles (they would divorce in 1987).
1968	Ground forces from the USSR enter Czechoslovakia to head off civil war.
1965	The Gemini 5 manned space mission is launched.
1959	Hawaii becomes the 50th state admitted to the US.
1950	The United Nations moves into its new offices in New York City.
1940	Communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky dies in exile in Mexico City.
1919	The great dry dock is completed at the US Navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1878	The American Bar Association is founded.
1241	Pope Gregory IX, founder of the Inquisition, dies.