AUGUST 21 IN HISTORY

Military Medicine Day
1723 - Death of Dimitrie Cantemir, ruler of Moldova (1710-1711), humanist personality of European fame, writer and scientist (b. October 26, 1673), agerpres reports.
1818 - Promulgation of Caragea Law, which among other things, increased the obligations of the non-paid peasants towards the landlords
1877 - Romanian War of Independence: Prince Carol I takes over command of the Western Army, establishing his General Headquarters in Poradim (some 7 km away from the Plevna redoubt)
1882 - Birth of Augustin Maior, a mechanical engineer, physicist, founder of a first telegraphy and telephony school in Transylvania (d. 3 October 1963)
1902 - Birth of film director Paul Calinescu (d. 25 March 2000)
1917 - Birth of Eugen Frunza, poet, translator, prose writer and publicist (d. 31 May 2002)
1925 - Birth of actor Toma Caragiu (d. March 4, 1977)
1928 - Birth of actor Jean Constantin (d. May 26, 2010)
1941 - Birth of actress Ilinca Tomoroveanu (d. 2 May 2019)
1954 - Birth of painter Marcel Lupse
1965 - The Grand National Assembly (Romania's legislative body at the time) adopts a new Constitution, changing the name of the country to the Socialist Republic of Romania
1968 - Large protests in Bucharest against the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the troops of the Warsaw Pact countries [e.n. - with the exception of Romania] (USSR, Poland, East Germany, Hungary and Bulgaria)
1969 - Academy of Medical Sciences is re-established, under Decree 590/Aug. 21, 1969. The Academy was first established on April 17, 1935, under Royal Decree no. 1076
1978 - Inauguration, in Bucharest, of the Museum of Art Collections
1980 - Unveiling, in Calafat, of the Independence Monument, done by sculptor Bucur Pavel. The monument is placed exactly on the spot where, on April 26, 1877, the first cannon salvo was fired, moment that marked the start of the Romanian War of Independence
1991 - Death of Eugen Jebeleanu, poet and translator, member of the Romanian Academy (b. 24 April 1911)
2012 - The Constitutional Court of Romania decides to invalidate the July 29 referendum to dismiss suspended President Traian Basescu, noting that the referendum did not meet the necessary turnout of 50 percent + 1 of the total number of voters in the permanent electoral lists. Traian Basescu resumes constitutional and legal prerogatives as President of Romania
2016 - Death of actor Marin Moraru (b. 31 Jan. 1937