Today in History for August 21st

Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev fails; Exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky murdered in Mexico; Nat Turner leads a slave rebellion; US flag gets 50th star; Count Basie and singer Kenny Rogers born. (Aug. 21)

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Today in History for August 21st

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