August 21 1689 The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
August 21 1716 Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War.
August 21 1778 British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
August 21 1808 Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French.
August 21 1914 The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre.
August 21 1918 The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
August 21 1944 Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
August 21 1957 The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
August 21 1963 The Special force of the Republic of Vietnam raid Buddhist pagodas across Vietnam.
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