Daily Calendar for August 21st, 2017

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

1790s

• Born 1796: Asher Brown Durand (American painter)

1870s

• Born 1872: Aubrey Beardsley (illustrator)

• 1878: The American Bar Association was founded

1880s

• 1888: William S. Burroughs received a patent for an adding machine

1900s

• Born 1904: Count Basie (bandleader)

1910s

• 1911: Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was stolen by a Louvre employee, Vincenzo Peruggia

• 1912: Arthur R. Eldred became the first Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America

1920s

• Born 1920: Christopher Robin Milne (A. A. Milne's son who he modeled Christopher Robin after in the Winnie the Pooh stories)

1930s

• Born 1930: Princess Margaret (younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II)

• Born 1936: Wilt Chamberlain (basketball player)

• Born 1938: Kenny Rogers (singer)

• Born 1939: Clarence Williams, III (actor)

1940s

• Died 1940: Ernest Lawrence Thayer (poet)

1950s

• 1950: United Nations building opened in New York City

• 1955: Family claimed home invaded by goblin-like space creatures, Kelly, KY

• Born 1956: Kim Cattrall (actress)

• 1959: Hawaii became the U.S.'s fiftieth state

• Born 1959: Jim McMahon (football player)

• 1959: Executive Order for a 50-star U.S. flag issued

1960s

• 1965: Gemini 5 was launched and went on to break a record, spending eight days in space

• Born 1967: Carrie-Anne Moss (actress)

1970s

• 1976: Four men possibly abducted by UFO, Allagash waterway, Maine

• Died 1978: Charles Eames (designer & architect)

1980s

• Died 1988: Ray-Bernice Eames (designer)

• Born 1989: Hayden Panettiere (actress)

2010s

• 2012: The Young and the Restless shot its 10,000th episode

• 2017: What was the Great American Eclipse?