Template:On this day/21 August

21 August:

• 1770 – James Cook formally claims eastren Australie for Great Breetain, namin it New Sooth Wales.
• 1911 – The Mona Lisa is stolen bi Vincenzo Perugia, a Louvre employee.
• 1942 – Warld War II: The banner o Nazi Germany is plantit atap Moont Elbrus (picturt), the heichest peak o the Caucasus moontain range.
• 1991 – Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
• 2017 – A solar eclipse traverses the continental Unitit States.

Leon Trotsky (d. 1940) · Sergey Brin (b. 1973) · Usain Bolt (b. 1986)