August 21st (1968) was a Wednesday. It's the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 132 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 21st August, 1968
» Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet Union called Soviet led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanians named Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
» James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American United States Marine Corps called U.S. Marine.