What happend on 21st August

20.08
22.08
1879

The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist reportedly appear to the people of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland.

1878

The American Bar Association is founded

1863

Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerillas Quantrill's Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre.

1862

The Vienna Stadtpark opens its gates.

1858

The Lincoln-Douglas debates begin

1856

America's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856)

1852

Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory

1842

The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded.

1841

The venetian blind is first patented in the United States by John Hampson.

1831

Nat Turner leads slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia