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==Images==
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File:Lincoln Douglas.jpg|Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas
File:Alexander Roslin - Gustav III.jpg|Gustav III
File:ChuaXaLoi001.jpg|The Xa Loi Pagoda, one of the largest Buddhist pagodas in Vietnam
File:James Anderson, Jr.jpg|James Anderson Jr.
File:Nat Turner captured.jpg|Nat Turner woodcarving
File:Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci, from C2RMF retouched.jpg|''Mona Lisa''
File:16-tube multiple launch rocket.JPG|Rocket launcher from the Ghouta chemical attack
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==Ineligible==
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| '''[[Public holidays in Morocco|Youth Day]]'''<!--[[Youth Day]] not linked; multiple issues--> and '''[[Mohammed VI of Morocco|King Mohammed's Birthday]]''' in Morocco; 
| Morocco: refimprove; Mohammed VI: lead too short, unreferenced section (Ancestry)
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| '''[[Rosh Hashanah LaBehema]]''' (Judaism, 2020)
| Date not reliably cited and not a mainstream Jewish festival
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| '''[[Ninoy Aquino Day]]''' in the Philippines
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| [[1140]] – [[Song dynasty]] general [[Yue Fei]] defeated an army led by [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] general [[Wuzhu]] at the '''[[Battle of Yancheng]]''' during the [[Jin–Song Wars]].
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| [[1680]] – Several tribes of [[Puebloan peoples|Pueblo Indians]] '''[[Pueblo Revolt|captured]]''' the town of [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] in [[Santa Fe de Nuevo México|Nuevo México]].
| lots of CN tags in one section ("In the arts")
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| [[1772]] –  A bloodless coup d'état led by '''[[Gustav III|{{nowrap|Gustav III}}]]''' was completed with the adoption of a new [[Swedish Constitution of 1772|Swedish Constitution]].
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| [[1791]] – A slave rebellion erupted in the [[French colonization of the Americas|French colony]] of [[Saint-Domingue]], starting the '''[[Haitian Revolution]]'''.
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| [[1831]] – Enslaved African-American preacher Nat Turner led '''[[Nat Turner's slave rebellion|a slave revolt]]''' in [[Southampton County, Virginia]], which was suppressed about 48&nbsp;hours later.
| in popular culture section
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| [[1858]] – The first of '''[[Lincoln–Douglas debates|seven debates]]''' between [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Stephen A. Douglas]] ''(both pictured)'', candidates for an [[Illinois]] seat in the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]], was held in [[Ottawa, Illinois]].
| in popular culture section
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| [[1944]] – Delegations from Republic of China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, met at [[Dumbarton Oaks]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] '''[[Dumbarton Oaks Conference|to discuss]]''' the formation of the [[United Nations]].
| unreferenced section
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| [[1959]]  – Under the terms of the [[Hawaii Admission Act]] and a subsequent [[plebiscite]], the [[Territory of Hawaii]] was officially admitted as '''[[Hawaii|the 50th U.S. state]]'''.
| lots of CN tags (24)
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|  [[1968]] – The [[Prague Spring]]<!--Not bold, featured on 5 January-->, a period of political liberalization in [[Czechoslovakia]], abruptly ended after [[Warsaw Pact]] troops '''[[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia|invaded the country]]''', killing 72 Czechoslovaks and arresting their leader [[Alexander Dubček]].
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| [[1968]] – [[Private First Class]] '''[[James Anderson Jr.]]''' of the [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] became the first [[African American|African-American]] Marine Corps [[List of Medal of Honor recipients|recipient of the Medal of Honor]].
| unreferenced section
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|[[1969]] – An Australian tourist set the '''[[Al-Aqsa Mosque]]''' in [[Jerusalem]] on fire, a major catalyst of the formation of the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]].
| Lots of tags in one section
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| [[1982]] – [[Lebanese Civil War]]: The first troops of '''[[Multinational Force in Lebanon|a multinational force]]''' landed in [[Beirut]] to oversee the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] withdrawal from Lebanon.
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| [[1992]] – [[United States Marshals]] engaged a fugitive in a shootout at '''[[Ruby Ridge]]''', [[Idaho]], beginning a twelve-day siege.
|Lots of self-published sources
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| [[1983]] – Philippine opposition leader [[Benigno Aquino Jr.]] '''[[Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr.|was assassinated]]''' moments after stepping off a plane at [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport|Manila International Airport]] from his self-imposed exile in the United States.
| Aquino: unreferenced section (Ancestry); Assassination: unreferenced section, refimprove section
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| [[1993]] – [[NASA]] lost contact with its '''''[[Mars Observer]]''''' spacecraft, three days before [[Orbit insertion|orbital insertion]].
| unreferenced section
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| [[2007]] – '''[[Hurricane Dean]]''' made landfall on the [[Yucatán Peninsula]] of Mexico at [[Saffir–Simpson scale|Category&nbsp;5]] intensity, causing 45 deaths and US$1.5&nbsp;billion in damage.
| figures are dubious; refer to the whole hurricane, rather than the Yucatan peninsula
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| '''[[Zahir al-Umar]]'''<!--Palestinian leader--> |d|1775
| date of death uncertain, could be 21st or 22nd
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|'''[[Jules Michelet]]'''<!--French historian--> |b|1798|
|peacock, underreffed section
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|'''[[John MacCulloch]]'''<!--Scottish geologist--> |d|1835|
|Deathdate not cited in article
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|'''[[X. J. Kennedy]]'''<!--American poet--> |b|1929|
|Too much unreferenced

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|'''[[Eve Torres]]'''<!--American professional wrestler--> |b|1984
|Too much unreferenced
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==Eligible==
* [[1689]] – [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] clans<!-- supporting [[James II of England|James&nbsp;VII of Scotland]]--> '''[[Battle of Dunkeld|clashed]]''' with a regiment of [[Covenanters]]<!-- supporting [[William III of England|William of Orange]]--> in the streets of [[Dunkeld]], Scotland.
* [[1716]] – [[Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)|Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War]]: [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] forces suddenly abandoned '''[[Siege of Corfu (1716)|their siege]]''' of [[Corfu]], allowing the [[Republic of Venice]] to preserve its rule over the [[Ionian Islands]].
* [[1789]] – The [[national colours of Italy]] first appeared on '''[[Cockade of Italy|a tricolour cockade]]''' in [[Genoa]].
* [[1911]] – [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s '''''[[Mona Lisa]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was stolen from the [[Louvre]] by museum employee [[Vincenzo Peruggia]] and was not recovered until two years later.
* [[1944]] – [[World War&nbsp;II]]: A combined Canadian–Polish force '''[[Operation Tractable|captured]]''' the town of [[Falaise, Calvados|Falaise]], France, in the final offensive of the [[Operation Overlord|Battle of Normandy]].
* [[1945]] – American physicist '''[[Harry Daghlian]]''' accidentally dropped a [[tungsten carbide]] brick onto a [[plutonium]] bomb core, exposing himself to [[neutron radiation]] and later becoming the first [[Manhattan Project]] fatality due to a [[criticality accident]].
* [[1971]] – Six people were killed during '''[[San Quentin Six|an escape attempt and riot]]''' at [[San Quentin State Prison]] in California; the subsequent trial of six inmates was the longest in state history at the time.
* [[1986]] – A [[limnic eruption]] of [[Lake Nyos]] in Cameroon released a cloud of [[carbon dioxide]], '''[[Lake Nyos disaster|suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock]]'''.
* [[2007]] – '''''[[BioShock]]''''' was released in North America, becoming a critical success and a demonstration of [[video games as an art form]].
* [[2013]] – [[Syrian civil war]]: Areas controlled by the [[Syrian opposition]] in [[Ghouta]], Damascus, '''[[Ghouta chemical attack|were attacked by rockets]]''' ''(launcher pictured)'' containing [[sarin]], killing at least 281 people.
* Born/died this day: | '''[[Alphonse, Count of Poitiers]]'''<!--French--> |d|1271| '''[[Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana]]'''<!--Spanish poet--> |d|1622|  '''[[Lady Mary Wortley Montagu]]'''<!--English noblewoman--> |d|1762| '''[[William IV]]'''<!--UK King--> |b|1765| '''[[Fred Waite (politician)|Fred Waite]]'''<!--New Zealand--> |b|1885| '''[[Emily Tinne]]'''<!--English textile collector--> |b|1886| '''[[Christopher Robin Milne]]'''<!--English, son of A. A. Milne--> |b|1920| '''[[Thomas S. Monson]]'''<!--American religious leader--> |b|1927| '''[[Art Farmer]]'''<!--American musician--> |b|1928| '''[[Emma Mashinini]]'''<!--South African labor leader--> |b|1929| '''[[Barry Norman]]'''<!--British film critic--> |b|1933| '''[[Kenny Rogers]]'''<!--American singer-songwriter--> |b|1938| '''[[Stephen Hillenburg]]'''<!--American animator--> |b|1961| '''[[Sergey Brin]]'''<!--American computer scientist--> |b|1973| '''[[Frederick Seguier Drake]]'''<!--British sinologist--> |d|1974| '''[[Giuseppe Meazza]]'''<!--Italian footballer--> |d|1979| '''[[Usain Bolt]]'''<!--Jamaican sprinter--> |b|1986| '''[[Robert Lewandowski]]'''<!--Polish footballer--> |b|1988| '''[[Dominik Kubalík]]'''<!--Czech ice hockey player--> |b|1995| '''[[Jan Erik Berntsen]]'''<!--Norwegian actor and singer--> |d|2025| 

==Notes==
* [[Cable 243]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 24|August 24]], so Xá Lợi Pagoda raids should not appear in the same year
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'''[[August 21]]'''
{{main page image/OTD|File:ChuaXaLoi001.jpg|[[Xá Lợi Pagoda]], raided by South Vietnamese special forces}}
* [[1717]] – [[Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718)|Austro-Turkish War]]: Austrian troops under [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]] '''[[Siege of Belgrade (1717)|captured the strategically important city]]''' of [[Belgrade]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]].
* [[1808]] – [[Peninsular War]]: British and Portuguese forces put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal at the '''[[Battle of Vimeiro]]'''.
* [[1942]] – [[World War&nbsp;II]]: The [[Imperial Japanese Army]] lost the '''[[Battle of the Tenaru]]''', the first of its three major land offensives during the [[Guadalcanal campaign]].
* [[1963]] – [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces|South Vietnamese special forces]] loyal to [[Ngô Đình Nhu]], the brother of President [[Ngo Dinh Diem|Ngô Đình Diệm]], '''[[Xá Lợi Pagoda raids|raided and vandalised]]''' Buddhist [[pagoda]]s ''(one pictured)'' across the country, arresting thousands and leaving hundreds dead.
* [[2015]] – Passengers on a [[Thalys]] train from Amsterdam to Paris '''[[2015 Thalys train attack|confronted and subdued an attacker]]''' who attempted a mass shooting.
{{Born and died list| '''[[Baldwin II of Jerusalem|Baldwin&nbsp;II of Jerusalem]]'''<!--King--> |d|1131| '''[[John Claypole]]'''<!--English soldier--> |b|1625| '''[[Ettore Bugatti]]'''<!--Italian-French engineer--> |d|1947| '''[[Millie Bright]]'''<!--English women's footballer--> |b|1993| }}
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