^B{^#!16!21 August^N! Feast day of St Pius X, pope, St Abraham of Smolensk, St Sidonius Apollinaris, Saints Bonosus and Maximian, and Saints Cisellus and Camerinus.
^B{1808^B} The French forces, under General Junot, were defeated by Wellington at the Battle of Vimiero. ^B{1901^B} The Cadillac Motor Company was formed in Detroit, Michigan, US, named for the French explorer, Antoine Cadillac. ^B{1911^B} Leonardo da Vinci's painting, the ^I{Mona Lisa^I}, was stolen from the Louvre in Paris - it was recovered two years later. ^B{1939^B} Civil Defence, to mitigate the effects of enemy attack, was started in Britain. ^B{1959^B} Hawaii became the 50th of the United States. ^B{1991^B} An attempted coup d'Θtat in the USSR failed; faced with international condemnation and popular protests led by Boris Yeltsin, the junta stepped down and Gorbachev was reinstated.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}William Murdock, Scottish inventor, ^B{1754^B}; King William IV, ^B{1765^B}; Aubrey Beardsley, English illustrator, ^B{1872^B}; Count Basie, US jazz pianist and bandleader, ^B{1904^B}; HRH Princess Margaret, ^B{1930^B}; Janet Baker, English mezzo-soprano, ^B{1933^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Richard Crashaw, English poet, ^B{1649^B}; Aston Webb, English architect, ^B{1930^B}; Leonard Constant Lambert, English composer, ^B{1951^B}; Jacob Epstein, British sculptor, ^B{1959^B}; Benigno Aquino, Philippine politician, ^B{1983^B}; Tatiana Troyanos, US operatic mezzo-soprano, ^B{1993^B}.
