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August 21: Ninoy Aquino Day in the Philippines

1772 – A bloodless coup d'état led by Gustav III (pictured) was completed with the adoption of a new Swedish Constitution.

1831 – Nat Turner led a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, USA, but it was suppressed about 48 hours later.

1963 – The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.

1968 – The "Prague Spring", a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia, abruptly ended after

Warsaw Pact troops invaded the country, killing 72 Czechoslovaks and arresting their leader Alexander Dubček.

1976 – Operation "Paul Bunyan" was carried out in response to the Axe Murder Incident, almost triggering a second full-scale Korean War over cutting down a 100-foot (30 m) poplar tree in the Joint Security Area of the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

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 [[Image:Lake nyos.jpg|100x100px|Lake Nyos]]
 [[Image:Nat turner.jpg|100x100px|Nat Turner woodcarving]]
-[[Image:Flag of Latvia.svg|100x100px|Latvia flag]]
 [[Image:Gustav III of Sweden 1.jpg|100x100px|Gustav III]]
 [[Image:Mona Lisa.jpg|100x100px|Mona Lisa]]
 [[Image:Taos 20pueblo 20c1920 20pc 96dpi.jpg|100x100px|Taos pueblo]]
 [[Image:Anderson J USMC.jpg|100x100px|James Anderson, Jr.]]
+[[Image:Mona Lisa frameless.jpg|100x100px|Mona Lisa]]
 {{*mp}} [[1680]] &ndash; '''[[Pueblo people|Pueblo Indians]]''' captured [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] from the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish]].<!--Need to verify date
+{{*mp}} [[1983]] &ndash; [[Philippine|Philippines]] opposition leader '''[[Benigno Aquino, Jr.]]''' was assassinated moments after stepping off a plane at the [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport|Manila International Airport]] from his self-imposed exile in the [[United States]].<!--Not bolded, tagged with {{POV}}
+{{*mp}} [[1911]] &ndash; '''''[[Mona Lisa]]''''', an oil painting by [[Leonardo da Vinci]], was stolen from the [[Louvre|Louvre Museum]] in [[Paris]]. It was recovered two years later.
 {{*mp}} [[1968]] &ndash; [[Private First Class]] '''[[James Anderson, Jr.]]''' of the [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] became the first [[African American|African-American]] Marine Corps [[List of Medal of Honor recipients|recipient]] of the [[Medal of Honor]].
-{{*mp}} [[1983]] &ndash; [[Philippine|Philippines]] opposition leader '''[[Benigno Aquino, Jr.]]''' was [[Assassination|assassinated]] moments after stepping off a plane at the [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport|Manila International Airport]] from his self-imposed exile in the [[United States]].
 {{*mp}} [[1986]] &ndash; A [[limnic eruption]] from '''[[Lake Nyos]]''' in [[Cameroon]] killed up to 1,800 people and 3,500 livestock in nearby villages.
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 '''[[August 21]]''': '''[[Benigno Aquino, Jr.|Ninoy Aquino Day]]''' in the [[Philippines]]
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-[[Image:Mona Lisa frameless.jpg|100x100px|Mona Lisa]]
+[[Image:Alexander Roslin - Gustav III.jpg|100x100px|Gustav III]]
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-{{*mp}} [[1772]] &ndash;  A bloodless [[coup d'état]] led by '''[[Gustav III of Sweden|Gustav III]]''' was completed with the adoption of a new [[Swedish Constitution of 1772|Swedish Constitution]].
+{{*mp}} [[1772]] &ndash;  A bloodless coup d'état led by '''[[Gustav III of Sweden|Gustav III]]''' ''(pictured)'' was completed with the adoption of a new [[Swedish Constitution of 1772|Swedish Constitution]].
-{{*mp}} [[1831]] &ndash; [[Nat Turner]] led a '''[[Nat Turner's slave rebellion|slave revolt]]''' in [[Southampton County, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]], but it was suppressed about 48 hours later.
+{{*mp}} [[1831]] &ndash; [[Nat Turner]] led a '''[[Nat Turner's slave rebellion|slave revolt]]''' in [[Southampton County, Virginia|Southampton County]], [[Virginia]], [[United States|USA]], but it was suppressed about 48 hours later.
+{{*mp}} [[1963]] &ndash; The [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces]] loyal to [[Ngo Dinh Nhu]], brother of [[Leaders of South Vietnam|President]] [[Ngo Dinh Diem]], '''[[Xa Loi Pagoda raids|raided and vandalised]]''' [[Buddhist]] [[pagoda]]s across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
-{{*mp}} [[1911]] &ndash; '''''[[Mona Lisa]]''''' ''(pictured)'', an [[oil painting]] by [[Leonardo da Vinci]], was [[art theft|stolen]] from the [[Louvre|Louvre Museum]] in [[Paris]]. It was recovered two years later.
-{{*mp}} [[1963]] &ndash; The [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces]] loyal to [[Ngo Dinh Nhu]], brother of President [[Ngo Dinh Diem]], '''[[Xa Loi Pagoda raids|raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country]]''', arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
 {{*mp}} [[1968]] &ndash; The ''"'''[[Prague Spring]]'''"'', a period of political liberalization in [[Czechoslovakia]], abruptly ended after
-,000 [[Warsaw Pact]] troops and 5,000 [[tank]]s successfully invaded the country, killing 72 Czechoslovaks and arresting their leader [[Alexander Dubček]].
+[[Warsaw Pact]] troops [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia|invaded the country]]<!--Not bolded, tagged with {{refimprove}}-->, killing 72 Czechoslovaks and arresting their leader [[Alexander Dubček]].
-{{*mp}} [[1976]] &ndash; [[Military operation|Operation]] "[[Paul Bunyan]]" was carried out in response to the '''[[Axe Murder Incident]]''', almost triggering a second full-scale [[Korean War]] over cutting down a 100&nbsp;[[foot (unit of length)|ft]] (30&nbsp;[[metre|m]]) [[poplar]] tree in the [[Joint Security Area]] of the [[Korean Demilitarized Zone]].
+{{*mp}} [[1976]] &ndash; Operation "[[Paul Bunyan]]" was carried out in response to the '''[[Axe Murder Incident]]''', almost triggering a second full-scale [[Korean War]] over cutting down a 100-foot (30 m) [[poplar]] tree in the [[Joint Security Area]] of the [[Korean Demilitarized Zone]].
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