August 21
Wednesday 21, 2002:
Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada, announces that he will not seek re-election and would resign within eighteen months.
Wednesday 21, 1991:
Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
Thursday 21, 1986:
Toxic gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing over 1700 people.
Saturday 21, 1852:
Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory
Friday 21, 1772:
King Gustav III completes his coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing him as an enlightened despot.
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