A bit of August 21st history…
1541 - Ottoman Turks under Suleiman the Magnificent capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian kingdom and dominate Hungary for 150 years
1772 - King Gustav III of Sweden completes a coup d’etat by adopting a new constitution and installing himself as an enlightened despot, ending 50 years of parliamentary rule
1831 - Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery (pictured)
1942 - Walt Disney’s “Bambi” is released
1968 - Warsaw Pact forces complete their invasion of Czechoslovakia by arresting the Czech leader Alexander Dubcek and forcing him to sign the Moscow Protocols
1976 - “Operation Paul Bunyan” begins in retaliation for the “Korean axe murder incident” 3 days prior; 110 troops, 27 helicopters, & 3 B-52 bombers are deployed to the Korean Demilitarized Zone to cut down a poplar tree blocking the view of UN observers
1998 - P W Botha found guilty of contempt for repeatedly ignoring subpoenas to testify before South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
2018 -Michael Cohen, President Trump’s personal lawyer, pleads guilty to charges including illegal payment at direction of Trump to women Trump had affairs with
2018 - Paul Manefort, former Trump campaign chairman, is convicted on 8 counts of fraud in a federal court in Alexandria, VA
A bit of August 21st history… 1541 - Ottoman Turks under...