August 21

Saturday 21, 2004:

A grenade attack on Bangladesh Awamee League, the bigest political party in Bangladesh kills 22 and injures more than a thousand, including party president Sheikh Hasina.

Friday 21, 1998:

The United States destroys a pharmaceutical plant (erroneously believed to be a chemical weapons plant) in Sudan.

Thursday 21, 1986:

Toxic gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing over 1700 people.

Monday 21, 1944:

Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.

Saturday 21, 1841:

The venetian blind is first patented in the United States by John Hampson.