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An American science fiction author of macabre tales such as The Case of Charles Dexter Ward and At the Mountains of Madness.
An American jazz trombonist, singer and composer regarded as the "Father of Jazz Trombone" best known for his version of The Ballad of Basin Street.
An Indian son of Mrs, Indira Gandhi who served as the Prime Minister after the assassination of his mother in 1984.
An American who serves as the 23rd President of the United States.
An American 20th-century architect and designer and the son of the renowned architect Eliel Saarinen.
At the Battle of Fallen Timbers on the Ohio frontier, Gen. Anthony Wayne shatters an army of recalcitrant Native Americans, thereby clearing the way for settlement of the Old Northwest.
Exiled Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico City by a Spanish Communist, under the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
In response to the reforms in Czechoslovakia known as Prague Spring, Warsaw Pact forces led by the Soviet Union invade Czechoslovakia to re-establish a state loyal to the Soviets.
The United States launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft, which will explore the outer planets before leaving the solar system, carrying with it a phonograph record of human civilization.
Austrian Reinhold Messner becomes the first solo climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Iran and Iraq agree to a United Nations-sponsored cease-fire, ending their eight-year war.
An American 20th-century architect and designer and the son of the renowned architect Eliel Saarinen was born on August 20, 1910, Kirkkonummi, Finland. In 1934, he graduated from the Yale School of Architecture. In 1940, he designed furniture in the collaboration with Charles Eames, which was outstanding for its elegant use of moulded plywood and plastic. In 1950s, he produced several spectacular domed structures. Saarinen preferred to design institutional buildings. New York's first reinforced concrete tower “the austere CBS Building” was designed by him. In 1962, he received the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects. He died on September 1, 1961in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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