August 21st is officially Poet’s Day as well as Senior Citizen’s Day.
The 'Game of Thrones' prequel 'House of the Dragon' premiered on HBO.
A 108-year-old message in a bottle washed up on a beach in Amrum, Germany.
Bioshock, the first-person dystopian horror shooter game, was released for Xbox 360 and PC.
Tiger Woods won the 82nd PGA Championship, making it his second win in a row.
NASA lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
Donald and Doris Fisher opened the first Gap store in San Francisco, California.
Hawaii enters Union as 50th state.
The first female students were enrolled at a University in Japan.
Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting was stolen from the Louvre, Paris, by Vincenzo Perugia.
American baseball player Joe McGinnity was suspended after a brawl in which he punched and spat at umpire Tom Connolly.
John Hampton patented the Venetian blind.
British ship Eliza Frances discovered the island of Jarvis in the South Pacific Ocean.
The church 'Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagüez' was founded.
The naval battle of Texel took place in the North Sea.
A solar eclipse occurred, which started Tycho Brahe's interest in the world of astronomy.
The Khagan emperor, Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire, accepted the surrender of his younger brother Ariq Böke, which ended the Toluid Civil War.
