Today is Thursday, August 21, the 234th day of 2008. There are 132 days left in the year
1944 _ Dumbarton Oaks conference opens in Washington, D.C.; establishes U.N.
1959 _ Hawaii becomes 50th U.S. state
1963 _ Martial law declared in S. Vietnam
1968 _ Radio Prague (Czech) announces a Soviet-led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement
1968 _ After five years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio
1972 _ First hot air balloon flight over the Alps
1982 _ Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut
1988 _ Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after eight years of war
1989 _ Voyager 2 begins a flyby of the planet Neptune
1991 _ Communist coup is crushed in USSR in two days