August 21st, 1968

Born on August 21st, 1968

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What happened on August 21st, 1968?

August 21st, 1968

James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Anderson_Jr.

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, 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.

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

Born on August 21st, 1968

55

Antonio Benarrivo

Italian footballer

*August 21st, 1968, Brindisi

55

Tony Thurmond

28th California State Superintendent of Public Instruction

*August 21st, 1968, Monterey

55

Cory Edwards

American film director and comedian

*August 21st, 1968, Anderson

55

Allan Bentsen

Danish table tennis player

*August 21st, 1968, Odense

55

Timothy Griffin

Attorney General of Arkansas since 2023

*August 21st, 1968, Charlotte

55

Ingrid Veninger

Canadian actress, film director and screenwriter

*August 21st, 1968, Bratislava

55

Franck Zingaro

French association football player

*August 21st, 1968, La Tronche

55

Laura Trevelyan

British-American journalist

*August 21st, 1968, Islington

55

Goran Ćurko

Serbian footballer

*August 21st, 1968, Novi Sad

55

Dina Carroll

English singer of Scottish and African American heritage

*August 21st, 1968, Newmarket

55

Lene Siel

Danish singer

*August 21st, 1968, Sæby

55

Vox Day

American writer and publisher, far-right activist

*August 21st, 1968, Minnesota

34

Kay Espenhayn

German Paralympic swimmer (1968-2002)

*August 21st, 1968, Leipzig †September 15th, 2002, Leipzig

55

Mike Misuraca

American baseball player

*August 21st, 1968, Long Beach

55

Michaela Kudláčková

Czech actress

*August 21st, 1968, Prague

55

Carlos das Neves

Association footballer

*August 21st, 1968, Cape Town

55

Hanne Tømta

Norwegian theatre director

*August 21st, 1968, Oslo

55

Tuffy Rhodes

American baseball player

*August 21st, 1968, Cincinnati

55

Oriol Alsina

Spanish association football player

*August 21st, 1968, Arenys de Mar

55

Jody Steverson

American politician

*August 21st, 1968, Tupelo

55

Stefano Mordini

Italian film director

*August 21st, 1968, Marradi

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 21st?

33

Elīza Tīruma

Latvian luger

*August 21st, 1990, Sigulda

37

Malynda Hale

Musical artist

*August 21st, 1986, Santa Barbara

37

Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter

*August 21st, 1986, Sherwood Content

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

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

38

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

53

Nanaia Mahuta

New Zealand politician

*August 21st, 1970, Auckland

50

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

56

Serj Tankian

Armenian-American musician

*August 21st, 1967, Lebanon

53

Erik Dekker

Dutch cyclist and manager

*August 21st, 1970, Hoogeveen

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

36

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

30

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

39

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

54

Jennifer Young

American film producer and photographer

*August 21st, 1969, Cincinnati

39

Eve Torres

American actress, dancer, model and professional wrestler

*August 21st, 1984, Boston

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

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

35

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

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

Same year
Born in 1968

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

55

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Danish actress

*November 22nd, 1968, Copenhagen

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

55

Chris Hunt

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1968, Bolton

55

Massi Furlan

Italian-American actor and film producer

*September 29th, 1968, Treviso

56

Minarti Timur

Indonesian badminton player, coach

*March 24th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Céline Dion

Canadian singer (born 1968)

*March 30th, 1968, Charlemagne

56

Rexy Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 9th, 1968, Ternate Island

55

Hugh Jackman

Australian actor (born 1968)

*October 12th, 1968, Sydney

56

Petra Schubert

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1968, Finsterwalde

55

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

56

Árni Þór Hallgrímsson

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1968, Akranes

55

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

*August 5th, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

55

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

55

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

55

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

55

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

55

Kylie Minogue

Australian singer and actress (born 1968)

*May 28th, 1968, Melbourne

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Leap year

Yes: 1968 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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