On This Day:
Thursday August 21, 2014 This is the 233rd day of the year, with 132 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: doctor Doctor (the word) comes from Latin for "teacher" and though it is now synonymous with physician. It was not until the 14th century that the doctor's degree began to be conferred in medicine.
Holidays Feast day of St. Pius X, pope, St. Abraham of Smolensk, St. Sidonius Apollinaris, Saints Bonosus and Maximian, and Saints Cisellus and Camerinus.
Events 1831 - Nat Turner launched a bloody slave insurrection in Southampton County, Virginia, hoping to lead his people out of slavery.
1858 - The famous debates, mainly about slavery, between Senatorial contenders Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas began.
1878 - The American Bar Association was founded, in Saratoga, New York.
1901 - The Cadillac Motor Company was formed in Detroit, Michigan, named after the French explorer, Antoine Cadillac.
1911 - Leonardo da Vinci's painting, the "Mona Lisa," was stolen from the Louvre in Paris; it was recovered two years later.
1912 - Arthur R. Eldred of Oceanside, New York, achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America -- the first to earn the award.
1945 - President Harry Truman ended the Lend-Lease program that had shipped some $50 billion in aid to America's allies during World War II.
1959 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the Union.
1991 - Latvia declared independence.
Births 1904 - (William) Count Basie, American bandleader, composer.
1906 - Fritz Freleng, American movie animator.
1936 - Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball Hall-of-Famer.
Deaths 1983 - Benigno Aquino, Philippine politician, assassinated.
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