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Today in History and Aug 21 Events
Today marks the 233rd day of 2013 with notable historical events on this date including Nat Turner’s 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia, the 1863 Lawrence Kansas massacre, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa theft in 1911, the first Boy Scout Eagle in 1912, Hawaii becoming the 50th state in 1959, NASA’s Mars Observer issue in 1993, and Chief Justice Roy Moore’s 2003 Ten Commandments clash. It also includes a themed word puzzle and a Thursday horoscope for August 22, 2013.
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Nat Turner
Virginia
Lawrence
Kan
Leonardo da Vinci
Louvre Museum
Paris
Italy
Boy Scouts of America
Arthur Rose Eldred
Rockville Centre
N.Y
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hawaii
NASA
Red Planet
Alabama
Roy Moore
State Judicial