August 21st, 1942

Born on August 21st, 1942

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What happened on August 21st, 1942?

August 21st, 1942

World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.

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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.

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What else 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, 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.

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

Born on August 21st, 1942

52

Wilken F. Dincklage

German musician, radio host, music producer, actor and entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1942, Hamburg †October 18th, 1994, Hamburg

81

Tommy Kent

German actor and architect

*August 21st, 1942, Munich

81

Ernst Welteke

President of Deutsche Bundesbank

*August 21st, 1942, Korbach

62

Volker Danner

German footballer (1942-2005)

*August 21st, 1942, Wesel †March 14th, 2005, Wesel

79

John Rigby

Australian swimmer

*August 21st, 1942, Brisbane †June 13th, 2022

81

Jack Burkett

English footballer (born 1942)

*August 21st, 1942, Edmonton

81

Eiichi Kikuchi

Japanese actor

*August 21st, 1942, Kyōdō

81

Daryl Williams

Australian politician

*August 21st, 1942, East Fremantle

81

Ivan Čičmanec

Slovak writer

*August 21st, 1942, Bratislava

73

Heiko Lueken

German chemist

*August 21st, 1942, Wilhelmshaven †August 5th, 2016, Aachen

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33

Elīza Tīruma

Latvian luger

*August 21st, 1990, Sigulda

78

Patrick Demarchelier

French photographer

*August 21st, 1943, Eaubonne †March 31st, 2022, Saint Barthélemy

37

Malynda Hale

Musical artist

*August 21st, 1986, Santa Barbara

81

Clarence Williams III

American actor (1939–2021)

*August 21st, 1939, New York City †June 4th, 2021, Los Angeles

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

37

Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter

*August 21st, 1986, Sherwood Content

38

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

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

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

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

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

81

Kenny Rogers

American country singer and songwriter (1938–2020)

*August 21st, 1938, Houston †March 20th, 2020, Sandy Springs

76

Frédéric Mitterrand

French writer, director, television host and politician

*August 21st, 1947, 16th arrondissement of Paris †March 21st, 2024

89

Melvin Van Peebles

American filmmaker

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

30

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

89

John L. Hall

American physicist

*August 21st, 1934, Denver

76

Udo Poser

East German swimmer

*August 21st, 1947, Hildburghausen

36

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

74

Jacques Stern

French cryptographer

*August 21st, 1949, Paris

60

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

63

Wilt Chamberlain

American basketball player (1936–1999)

*August 21st, 1936, Philadelphia †October 12th, 1999, Los Angeles

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81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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