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This is a list of selected August 21 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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1772 – A bloodless coup d'état led by Gustav III was completed with the adoption of a new Swedish Constitution. unreferenced section
1959 – Under the terms of the Hawaii Admission Act and a subsequent plebiscite, the Territory of Hawaii was officially admitted as the 50th US state. refimprove section
1968 – The Prague Spring, a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia, abruptly ended after Warsaw Pact troops invaded the country, killing 72 Czechoslovaks and arresting their leader Alexander Dubček. refimprove section
1968Private First Class James Anderson Jr. of the US Marine Corps became the first African-American Marine Corps recipient of the Medal of Honor. kind of short
1976Axe Murder Incident/Operation Paul Bunyan Featured on August 18
1982Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force landed in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization withdrawal from Lebanon. unreferenced/refimprove sections
1983 – Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. was assassinated moments after stepping off a plane at the Manila International Airport from his self-imposed exile in the United States. Aquino: unreferenced section; Assassination: unreferenced section, refimprove section
1992United States Marshals engaged a fugitive in a shootout at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, beginning a twelve-day siege. cleanup required

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Notes

  • Cable 243 appears on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 24|August 24]], so Xá Lợi Pagoda raids should not appear in the same year

August 21: Youth Day and King Mohammed's Birthday in Morocco; Ninoy Aquino Day in the Philippines

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