August 21st, 1952

Born on August 21st, 1952

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1952

71

Jiří Paroubek

Czech politician, former prime minister

*August 21st, 1952, Olomouc

71

Glenn Hughes

British bassist and singer

*August 21st, 1952, Cannock

71

Andreas Gross

Swiss politician

*August 21st, 1952, Kobe

71

Mikhail Kollontay

Russian musician

*August 21st, 1952, Moscow

71

Gautam Radhakrishna Desiraju

Indian chemist

*August 21st, 1952, Chennai

71

Piotr Myśliwiec

Polish diplomat, chemist

*August 21st, 1952, Proszowice

50

Joe Strummer

British singer, musician and songwriter (1952–2002)

*August 21st, 1952, Ankara †December 22nd, 2002, Broomfield

71

Keith Hart

Canadian professional wrestler

*August 21st, 1952, Calgary

71

Richie Zito

American guitarist

*August 21st, 1952, Brooklyn

71

Robin Selvig

American basketball player-coach

*August 21st, 1952, Outlook

71

Tadeusz Małolepszy

Polish football coach (born 1952)

*August 21st, 1952, Gdańsk

71

Chip Lang

American baseball player

*August 21st, 1952, Pittsburgh

71

Nabatingue Toko

Chadian footballer

*August 21st, 1952, N'Djamena

71

Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen

German musicologist

*August 21st, 1952, Westerland

69

Brij Lal

Fijian historian

*August 21st, 1952, Fiji †December 25th, 2021, Brisbane

69

Kumiko Takizawa

Japanese voice actress (1952-2022)

*August 21st, 1952, Tokyo †June 11th, 2022

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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

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

37

Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter

*August 21st, 1986, Sherwood Content

38

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

69

Angelica Aposteanu

Romanian rower

*August 21st, 1954, Bistrița

74

Jacques Stern

French cryptographer

*August 21st, 1949, Paris

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

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

76

Frédéric Mitterrand

French writer, director, television host and politician

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

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

36

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

70

Bernhard Germeshausen

East German bobsledder (1951–2022)

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

50

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

74

Keetie van Oosten-Hage

Dutch cyclist

*August 21st, 1949, Sint-Maartensdijk

70

Peter Parnell

American writer

*August 21st, 1953, New York City

81

Clarence Williams III

American actor (1939–2021)

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

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71

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)

*October 7th, 1952, V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6

72

Larry Elder

American talk radio host and attorney (born 1952)

*April 27th, 1952, Los Angeles

71

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

64

Ina-Maria Federowski

German singer (1952-2017)

*September 28th, 1952, Freital †July 13th, 2017, Berlin

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

49

Douglas Adams

English author and humourist (1952–2001)

*March 11th, 1952, Cambridge †May 11th, 2001, Santa Barbara

64

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016)

*February 2nd, 1952, Sonneberg †October 24th, 2016, Dresden

72

Steven Seagal

American actor, martial artist, and film producer

*April 10th, 1952, Lansing

72

Wolfgang Kubicki

German politician

*March 3rd, 1952, Brunswick

72

Lennart Fagerlund

Cyclist

*April 2nd, 1952, Nässjö

72

Magnar Åm

Norwegian composer

*April 9th, 1952, Trondheim

71

Joachim Kaps

German actor and voice actor

*November 3rd, 1952, Görlitz

58

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

71

Liam Neeson

Northern Irish actor (born 1952)

*June 7th, 1952, Ballymena

71

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist

*June 7th, 1952, Istanbul

71

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

71

Mandy Patinkin

American actor and singer

*November 30th, 1952, Chicago

71

John Goodman

American actor, voice artist and comedian (born 1952)

*June 20th, 1952, Affton

71

Stephen Lang

American actor

*July 11th, 1952, New York City

64

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician

*July 31st, 1952, Montevideo †February 19th, 2017, Montevideo

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Public holidays on August 21st

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

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Born on August 21st, 1952
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Leap year

Yes: 1952 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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