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Notable anniversaries in history for today: August 21
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Clara Ward to Gertrude Wardin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; composer, arranger, lyricist, singer (Ward Singers, Ward Trio, The Famous Ward Singers, Consecrated Family Gospel Singers, "How I Got Over" song, "Packin' Up" song).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Jack Buck in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA; sportscaster (baseball play-by-play of the St. Louis Cardinals, NFL football, World Series Baseball, Monday Night Football for CBS radio).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Jackie DeShannon in Hazel, Kentucky, USA; singer ("What the World Needs Now").
- 80th: 1944 - Dumbarton Oaks conference opens in Washington, DC; establishes United Nations.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Nick Kane; guitarist (The Mavericks).
- 40th: 1984 - Half a million people in Manila demonstrate against the regime of Ferdinand Marcos.
- 40th: 1984 - Film and TV actor Clint Eastwood is given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 20th: 2004 - A series of blasts rocks an opposition party rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing at least 13 people.
- 10th: 2014 - Death of Albert Reynolds, Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) (born 1932).
- 5th: 2019 - Giuseppe Conte offers his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy in order to avoid a no-confidence motion.
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