August 21

This day in history:

• 1716 – Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu, thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule.
• 1986 – Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometre (12 mi) range.
• 1942 – World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
• 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars.

Births:

• 1952 – Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
• 1985 – Alizée, French singer
• 1995 – Dominik Kubalík, Czech ice hockey player

Deaths:

• 1940 – Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 – Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 2013 – Fred Martin, Scottish footballer (b. 1929)

Holidays:

• International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
• Youth Day (Morocco)
• Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines)

Random Article of the day:

Franz Mandl (footballer)

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