August 21st, 1950

Born on August 21st, 1950

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What happened on August 21st?

August 21st, 2007

BioShock was released in North America, becoming a critical success and a demonstration of video games as an art form.

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 (one pictured) 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 and 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 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 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, 1950

70

Patrick Juvet

Swiss singer-songwriter (1950–2021)

*August 21st, 1950, Montreux †April 1st, 2021, Barcelona

75

Leo Rafael Reif

Venezuelan-born American electrical engineer, writer and academic administrator

*August 21st, 1950, Maracaibo

75

Denis Chachkhalia

Abkhaz writer and historian

*August 21st, 1950, Tkvarcheli

75

Manfred Neun

German entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1950, Heidenheim an der Brenz

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Born in 1950

76

Billy Currie

British multi-instrumentalist

*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

67

Jeff Lowe

American mountain climber

*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

75

Narendra Modi

14th Prime Minister of India

*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

75

Annette Badland

English actress (born 1950)

*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

76

Stevie Wonder

American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

75

Rainer Arnold

German politician

*June 21st, 1950, Stuttgart

76

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

75

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

75

Harriet Walter

British actress (born 1950)

*September 24th, 1950, London

76

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive (1950–2017)

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

76

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

76

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

76

William H. Macy

American actor

*March 13th, 1950, Miami

75

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

76

Debbie Allen

American actress, choreographer, television director, television producer, singer, and dancer

*January 16th, 1950, Houston

76

Bobby McFerrin

American jazz vocalista and composer

*March 11th, 1950, Manhattan

75

Martine Aubry

French politician (born 1950)

*August 8th, 1950, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1950 is a normal year and no leap year.

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