Event:
"La Cage aux Folles" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 1761 performances
More Notable Events on August 21:
1993 NASA loses contact with Mars Observer
1989 Voyager 2 begins a flyby of planet Neptune
1968 Democratic Convention opens in Chicago
1968 Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement
1897 Oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corp division
