August 21st, 1951

Born on August 21st, 1951

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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, 1951

70

Bernhard Germeshausen

East German bobsledder (1951–2022)

*August 21st, 1951, Heilbad Heiligenstadt †April 15th, 2022

72

Yana Mintoff

Maltese activist

*August 21st, 1951, Malta

72

Karekin II

Catholicoi of Armenia

*August 21st, 1951, Voskehat

72

Char Margolis

Self-proclaimed American psychic medium

*August 21st, 1951, Detroit

72

Meredith Maran

American writer

*August 21st, 1951, New York

72

Margo Kane

Canadian writer and performance artist

*August 21st, 1951, Edmonton

72

Eunice S. Reddick

American diplomat

*August 21st, 1951, New York City

72

Cecilie Løveid

Norwegian writer

*August 21st, 1951, Mysen

71

John Stearns

American baseball player and coach

*August 21st, 1951, Denver †September 15th, 2022, Denver

72

Albert Krebs

German association football player

*August 21st, 1951, Kirchgandern

72

Eric Goles Perez

Chilean computer scientist and mathematician

*August 21st, 1951, Antofagasta

72

Chesley V. Morton

American stockbroker, securities arbitrator

*August 21st, 1951, Miami

72

Qigang Chen

Chinese composer

*August 21st, 1951, Shanghai

72

Rasmus Lyberth

Greenlandic actor-singer

*August 21st, 1951, Maniitsoq

72

Jill Bullitt

American artist

*August 21st, 1951, Seattle

72

Ricardo Ramina

Brazilian surgeon

*August 21st, 1951, Curitiba

72

Arduino Tiraboschi

Italian biathlete

*August 21st, 1951, Serina

72

Roger Lee Berger

American statistician

*August 21st, 1951, Kansas

72

Ed Krol

Network manager and author

*August 21st, 1951, United States of America

72

Greg Cannom

American make-up artist

*August 21st, 1951, Washington, D.C.

72

Carolyn Marks Blackwood

American photographer and writer

*August 21st, 1951, Anchorage

72

Beth Nolan

American lawyer

*August 21st, 1951, New York City

72

Marek Skurczyński

Polish association football player

*August 21st, 1951, Wałbrzych

72

Garfield Kennedy

British filmmaker

*August 21st, 1951, Belfast

72

Philip Mirowski

US professor

*August 21st, 1951, Jackson

69

Juan Antonio Gúzman

Dominican boxer

*August 21st, 1951, Santiago de los Caballeros †April 30th, 2021, The Bronx

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33

Elīza Tīruma

Latvian luger

*August 21st, 1990, Sigulda

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

37

Malynda Hale

Musical artist

*August 21st, 1986, Santa Barbara

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

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

37

Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter

*August 21st, 1986, Sherwood Content

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

38

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

74

Jacques Stern

French cryptographer

*August 21st, 1949, Paris

76

Frédéric Mitterrand

French writer, director, television host and politician

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

69

Angelica Aposteanu

Romanian rower

*August 21st, 1954, Bistrița

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

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

74

Keetie van Oosten-Hage

Dutch cyclist

*August 21st, 1949, Sint-Maartensdijk

60

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

60

Mohammed

King of Morocco since 1999

*August 21st, 1963, Rabat

30

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

76

Udo Poser

East German swimmer

*August 21st, 1947, Hildburghausen

36

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

71

Jiří Paroubek

Czech politician, former prime minister

*August 21st, 1952, Olomouc

81

Clarence Williams III

American actor (1939–2021)

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

50

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

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Born in 1951

72

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

72

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

72

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

72

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Road racing cyclist

*September 13th, 1951, Malmö

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

72

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

72

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

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No: With 365 days 1951 is a normal year and no leap year.

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