Births on August 21

Ramón Vázquez

Born on August 21, 1976

Ramón Vázquez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach

Ramón Luis Vázquez (born August 21, 1976) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball coach and a former infielder. His is currently the first base coach for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Vázquez played in MLB for the Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, and Pittsburgh Pirates. As a player, he was listed as 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and 195 pounds (88 kg); he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

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5 Jan

Democratic Kampuchea
The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
13 Apr

Thomas Jefferson
The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
8 May

Six Flags Magic Mountain
The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
11 Oct

Gerald R. Ford
George Washington's appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 is approved by President Gerald R. Ford.
13 Oct

Ebola
The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle is obtained by Dr. F. A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, who was then working at the C.D.C.

Births on August 21

Ramón Vázquez

Born on August 21, 1976

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Democratic Kampuchea

Thomas Jefferson

Six Flags Magic Mountain

Gerald R. Ford

Ebola