August 21st is

National Senior Citizens Day *

World P.O.E.T. Day
(Aussie slang – Piss Off
Early Today)

Spumoni Day

Sweet Tea Day
(Southern U.S.)

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WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS

Canada – Regina SK:
Great Saskatchewan Mustard Festival

Croatia – Novalja:
  Sonus Festival

Micronesia – Kosrae Gospel Day

Morocco – Féte de la Jeunesse

Philippines – Aquino Day

Western Sahara –
King Mohammed VI’s Birthday

United States –
  Fairmont WV: Tomato Tasting Festival
  Philadelphia PA: Atlantic Coast Opera Festival

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On This Day in HISTORY

1680 – Pueblo Indians drive Spanish out and take possession of Santa Fe NM

1770 – Captain James Cook claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it
New South Wales

1810 – Jean-Bastiste Bernadotte resigns as a Marshal of France after he is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates

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1831 – Former slave Nat Turner leads anti-slavery revolt in Southhampton County VA

1841 – John Hampton patents the venetian blind

1888 – William Burroughs patents an adding machine

1897 – The Olds Motor Works begins designing Oldsmobiles

1911 – A Louvre employee steals the Mona Lisa

1923 – Kalamazoo MI ordinance bans dancers from gazing into each other’s eyes

1944 – “Dumbarton Oaks” conference begins groundwork for the United Nations

1959 – Hawaii becomes the 50^th U.S. state

1961 – Motown releases its first #1 hit, “Please Mr. Postman” by The Marvelettes

1963 – Martial law declared in South Vietnam because of Buddhist anti-regime protests

1965 – Barry McQuire releases “Eve of Destruction” and The Lovin’ Spoonfuls put out “Do You Believe in Magic”

1979 – Bolshoi Ballet Premier danseur Alexander Godunov defects to the U.S.

1988 – Congress joint resolution proclaims August 21 National Senior Citizens Day *

1993 – The Sleepless in Seattle soundtrack hits #1 on the Billboard LP chart

1996 – U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act makes getting and keeping health insurance easier

2002 – Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf unilaterally amends Pakistani constitution, to extend his term in office and empower him to dissolve parliament

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Visual

• Confucius with quotation
• International flags
• Jean-Bastiste Bernadotte
• 1905 Oldsmobile
• Alexander Godunov

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