Today is Tuesday, August 21, the 233rd day of 2018. There are 132 days left in the year.
1831 — Nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton County, Virginia)
1878 — American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, NY
1883 — Providence shuts out Phillies 28-0
1922 — Curly Lambeau & Green Bay Football Club granted NFL franchise
1926 — White Sox Ted Lyons no hits Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway
1927 — 4th Pan-African Congress meets (NYC)
1929 — Chicago Cardinals become first pro football team to train out of town
1931 — Babe Ruth hits his 600th HR
1945 — President Truman ends Lend-Lease program