August 21st, 1966

Born on August 21st, 1966

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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, 1966

57

Denise Mina

British crime writer and playwright

*August 21st, 1966, East Kilbride

57

Ken Mehlman

American politician and businessman

*August 21st, 1966, Baltimore

57

Fathallah Sijilmassi

Moroccan diplomat

*August 21st, 1966, Rabat

57

Asim Raza

Pakistani film director

*August 21st, 1966, Karachi

57

Erik Honoré

Norwegian musician, record producer, sound engineer

*August 21st, 1966, Kristiansand Municipality

57

Miguel Ángel Heredia Díaz

Spanish politician

*August 21st, 1966, Mollina

57

Ariane Jacobi

German television presenter and radio host

*August 21st, 1966, Cologne

57

John Wetteland

American baseball player and coach

*August 21st, 1966, San Mateo

57

Daniel Steiger

Swiss bicycle racer

*August 21st, 1966, Rickenbach

57

Kazuhiko Nishimura

Japanese actor

*August 21st, 1966, Fushimi-ku

52

Maximilian Krückl

German actor and author

*August 21st, 1966, Munich †June 22nd, 2019

57

Joey Kirk

American soccer player-coach

*August 21st, 1966, Granada Hills

57

Luis Armando Melgar Bravo

Mexican Senator for Chiapas

*August 21st, 1966, Tapachula de Córdova y Ordóñez

57

George Pascoe-Watson

British journalist and political consultant

*August 21st, 1966, Edinburgh

57

Antonello Silverini

Italian illustrator

*August 21st, 1966, Rome

57

Mike Priefer

American football coach

*August 21st, 1966, Cleveland

48

Kathrine Windfeld

Danish film director

*August 21st, 1966, Copenhagen †February 6th, 2015

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Who's birthday is on August 21st?

33

Elīza Tīruma

Latvian luger

*August 21st, 1990, Sigulda

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

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

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

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

56

Serj Tankian

Armenian-American musician

*August 21st, 1967, Lebanon

50

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

53

Nanaia Mahuta

New Zealand politician

*August 21st, 1970, Auckland

36

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

30

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

58

John Ioannidis

Professor and chairman at the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology

*August 21st, 1965, New York City

53

Erik Dekker

Dutch cyclist and manager

*August 21st, 1970, Hoogeveen

39

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

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

47

Charb

French caricaturist and journalist (1967-2015)

*August 21st, 1967, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine †January 7th, 2015, 11th arrondissement of Paris

35

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

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

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Born in 1966

57

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

57

Marcus Marin

German football player and manager

*December 13th, 1966, Hamburg

56

Sinéad O'Connor

Irish singer-songwriter (1966–2023)

*December 8th, 1966, Glenageary †July 26th, 2023, London

57

David Cameron

British politician (born 1966)

*October 9th, 1966, Marylebone

57

Kiefer Sutherland

British-Canadian actor

*December 21st, 1966, St. Mary's Hospital

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

58

Olaf Thon

German association football player and manager

*May 1st, 1966, Gelsenkirchen

57

Lutz Heilmann

German politician

*September 7th, 1966, Zittau

58

Thomas Doll

German association football player and manager

*April 9th, 1966, Malchin

58

Olaf Marschall

German association football player and manager (1966–)

*March 19th, 1966, Torgau

57

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

58

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

58

Ludwig Kögl

German footballer

*March 7th, 1966, Penzberg

58

Catrin Striebeck

German actress

*April 18th, 1966, Vienna

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

57

Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Danish composer

*July 2nd, 1966, Faxe

58

Stefan Mappus

German politician, former PM of Baden-Württemberg

*April 4th, 1966, Pforzheim

58

Marin Hinkle

American actress

*March 23rd, 1966, Dar es Salaam

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1966 is a normal year and no leap year.

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