What Happened on August 21, 2017

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Historical Events

  • Chile's constitutional court approves bill to ease country's total abortion ban
  • Destroyer USS John S McCain collides with an oil tanker near Singapore leaving 10 missing and 5 injured
  • Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $417m to woman who developed ovarian cancer after using their talc-based products
  • London's parliament clock Big Ben chimes for the last time before a four-year restoration process for its tower starts
  • Total solar eclipse visible from North America

Famous Deaths

  • Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi actor and director (Ki Je Kori, Chandranath), dies at 75
  • Réjean Ducharme, Québécois novelist and playwright known for "L'Avalée des avalés", dies at 76
  • Thomas Meehan, American writer (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray), dies at 88

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