Today is the 201st day of 2021. There are 164 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT 1968: The first International Special Olympics Summer Games, organised by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, are held in Chicago.
1810: Bogota rises against Spanish rule. The day is now Independence Day in Colombia. 1811: The Rev Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a hero of independence, is executed by firing squad in Chihuahua, Mexico. 1861: Congress of the southern Confederate States convened in Richmond, Virginia, after seceding from the US. 1871: British Columbia enters Confederation as a Canadian province. 1880: The second British invasion of Afghanistan ends; Abdur Rahman proclaims himself the new Afghan ruler.