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Friday, August 21, 2026

Almanac for August 21

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for August 21st: https://ko-fi.com/post/August-21-Balzac-C0C211YC75

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Bummer August 21st

August 21, 1986: A naturally-occurring limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon releases poisonous carbon dioxide into the air, killing 1,746 people. 

August 21, 1994: 32-year-old Younes Khayati deliberately crashes Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 into the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, killing himself, the other three members of the flight crew, and all 40 passengers onboard.  

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