August 21st, 1874

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Born on August 21st, 1874 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 21st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 21st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1874)

Born on August 21st, 1874

Weekday

Friday

August 21st, 1874 was a Friday.

Age

149

People born on August 21st, 1874 will turn 150 this year (2024), in exactly 118 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1874 - August 23rd, 1874

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 54,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 331 days, exactly on March 22nd, 2025, people who were born on August 21st, 1874 will be 55,000 days old!

54,669 Days

7,809 Weeks

1,796 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on August 21st?

August 21st, 2015

Passengers on a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris confronted and subdued an attacker who attempted a mass shooting.

August 21st, 2013

Syrian civil war: Areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in Ghouta, Damascus, were attacked by rockets (launcher pictured) containing sarin, killing at least 281 people.

August 21st, 1986

A limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.

August 21st, 1963

South Vietnamese special forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, the brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving hundreds dead.

August 21st, 1945

American physicist Harry Daghlian accidentally dropped a tungsten carbide brick onto a plutonium bomb core, exposing himself to neutron radiation and later becoming the first Manhattan Project fatality due to a criticality accident.

August 21st, 1944

World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy.

August 21st, 1942

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army lost the Battle of the Tenaru, the first of its three major land offensives during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

August 21st, 1911

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (pictured) was stolen from the Louvre by museum employee Vincenzo Peruggia and was not recovered until two years later.

August 21st, 1858

The first of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas (both pictured), candidates for an Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate, was held in Ottawa, Illinois.

August 21st, 1808

Peninsular War: British–Portuguese forces put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro.

August 21st, 1789

The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa.

August 21st, 1717

Austro-Turkish War: Austrian troops under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy captured the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire.

August 21st, 1716

Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: Ottoman forces suddenly abandoned their siege of Corfu, allowing the Republic of Venice to preserve its rule over the Ionian Islands.

August 21st, 1689

Jacobite risings: Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

August 21st, 1689

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

Born on August 21st, 1874

Alice Schalek

Austrian journalist

*August 21st, 1874, Vienna †November 6th, 1956, New York City

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Elīza Tīruma

Latvian luger

*August 21st, 1990, Sigulda

Malynda Hale

Musical artist

*August 21st, 1986, Santa Barbara

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

*August 21st, 1916, Wallingford †November 3rd, 2005, Northwood

Hermann Hammerschmidt

*August 21st, 1887, Cottbus †November 30th, 1944

Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter

*August 21st, 1986, Sherwood Content

Franz Kruckenberg

German engineer (1882-1965)

*August 21st, 1882, Uetersen †June 19th, 1965, Heidelberg

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

Wilhelm Ostwald

Baltic German chemist

*August 21st, 1853, Riga †April 4th, 1932, Großbothen

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

Anthony Boucher

American author, critic, and editor (1911–1968)

*August 21st, 1911, Oakland †April 29th, 1968, Oakland

Melvin Van Peebles

American filmmaker

*August 21st, 1932, Chicago †September 21st, 2021, Manhattan

Jack Weston

American actor

*August 21st, 1924, Cleveland †May 3rd, 1996, New York City

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

Maurice Lippens

Belgian politician (1875-1956)

*August 21st, 1875, Ghent †July 12th, 1956, Ixelles - Elsene

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

*August 21st, 1988, Leszno, Warsaw West County

Same year
Born in 1874

Ludwig Curtius

German classical archeologist

*December 13th, 1874, Augsburg †April 10th, 1954, Rome

Winston Churchill

British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)

*November 30th, 1874, Blenheim Palace †January 24th, 1965, Hyde Park Gate

Guglielmo Marconi

Italian inventor and radio pioneer (1874-1937)

*April 25th, 1874, Bologna †July 20th, 1937, Rome

Walter Friedrich Otto

German classical philologist (1874-1958)

*June 22nd, 1874, Hechingen †September 23rd, 1958, Tübingen

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

*January 12th, 1874, Munich †June 4th, 1939, Göttingen

Herbert Hoover

President of the United States from 1929 to 1933

*August 10th, 1874, West Branch †October 20th, 1964, New York City

Gustav Holst

British composer

*September 21st, 1874, Cheltenham †May 25th, 1934, London

Anna von Gierke

German politician (1874–1943)

*March 14th, 1874, Wrocław †April 3rd, 1943, Berlin

Robert Frost

American poet; 4x recipient of Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

*March 26th, 1874, San Francisco †January 29th, 1963, Boston

Arnold Schoenberg

Austrian-Jewish American composer (1874-1951)

*September 13th, 1874, Vienna †July 13th, 1951, Los Angeles

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist (1874–1929)

*February 1st, 1874, Vienna †July 15th, 1929, Rodaun

G. K. Chesterton

English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

*May 29th, 1874, Beaconsfield †June 14th, 1936, Beaconsfield

Howard Carter

British egyptologist

*May 9th, 1874, Brompton †March 2nd, 1939, London

François Brandt

Dutch rower (1874-1949)

*December 29th, 1874, Zoeterwoude †July 4th, 1949, Naarden

Harry Houdini

Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)

*March 24th, 1874, Budapest †October 31st, 1926, Detroit

Johannes Stark

German physicist (1874-1957)

*April 15th, 1874, Freihung †June 21st, 1957, Traunstein

Oskar Nedbal

Czech conductor, composer, and violist (1874–1940)

*March 26th, 1874, Tábor †December 24th, 1930, Zagreb

Börries von Münchhausen

German poet and activist

*March 20th, 1874, Hildesheim †March 16th, 1945, Windischleuba

Selim Sırrı Tarcan

Turkish politician and International Olympic Committee member

*March 24th, 1874, Larissa †March 2nd, 1957, Istanbul

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Canadian writer (1874–1942)

*November 30th, 1874, Prince Edward Island †April 24th, 1942, Toronto

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on August 21st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXI.VIII.MDCCCLXXIV

21.8.1874

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1874 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1874

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August 21st, 1874

Born on August 21st, 1874

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 54,000 days old!

54,669 Days

7,809 Weeks

1,796 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 21st?

Passengers on a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris confronted and subdued an attacker who attempted a mass shooting.

Syrian civil war: Areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in Ghouta, Damascus, were attacked by rockets (launcher pictured) containing sarin, killing at least 281 people.

A limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.

South Vietnamese special forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, the brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving hundreds dead.

American physicist Harry Daghlian accidentally dropped a tungsten carbide brick onto a plutonium bomb core, exposing himself to neutron radiation and later becoming the first Manhattan Project fatality due to a criticality accident.

World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy.

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army lost the Battle of the Tenaru, the first of its three major land offensives during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (pictured) was stolen from the Louvre by museum employee Vincenzo Peruggia and was not recovered until two years later.

The first of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas (both pictured), candidates for an Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate, was held in Ottawa, Illinois.

Peninsular War: British–Portuguese forces put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro.

The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa.

Austro-Turkish War: Austrian troops under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy captured the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire.

Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: Ottoman forces suddenly abandoned their siege of Corfu, allowing the Republic of Venice to preserve its rule over the Ionian Islands.

Jacobite risings: Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

Born on August 21st, 1874

Austrian journalist

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 21st?

Same year Born in 1874

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

Abraham of Smolensk (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Euprepius of Verona

Maximilian of Antioch

Our Lady of Knock

Pope Pius X

Sidonius Apollinaris

August 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines)

Youth Day (Morocco)

World Senior Citizen's Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

21.8.1874

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Calendar
August 1874

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