August 21st, 1971

Born on August 21st, 1971

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 21st, 1971?

August 21st, 1971

A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Philippines)

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, 1971

52

Shayne Edge

American football player, punter

*August 21st, 1971, Lake City

52

Djamel Bouras

French judoka

*August 21st, 1971, Givors

52

Pedro Piedrabuena

American billiards player

*August 21st, 1971, Montevideo

52

Liam Howlett

British musician, DJ and record producer

*August 21st, 1971, Braintree

52

Scott Surovell

American politician

*August 21st, 1971, Washington, D.C.

52

Megan Abbott

American writer

*August 21st, 1971, Detroit

52

Goshi Hosono

Japanese politician

*August 21st, 1971, Ayabe

52

Jairo Ramos Gizzi

Olympic baseball player

*August 21st, 1971, La Guaira

52

Shane Schoeller

American politician

*August 21st, 1971, Salina

52

Masato Hagiwara

Japanese actor

*August 21st, 1971, Chigasaki

52

Robert Harvey

Australian rules footballer

*August 21st, 1971, Seaford

52

Lukas Holliger

Swiss writer

*August 21st, 1971, Basel

52

Raúl Márquez

American boxer

*August 21st, 1971, Valle Hermoso

52

Juan José Ryp

Spanish comic book artist

*August 21st, 1971, Algeciras

52

Jan Hempel

Diver

*August 21st, 1971, Dresden

52

Troy Kopp

American football player

*August 21st, 1971, Madison

52

Tan Ende

Chinese footballer

*August 21st, 1971, Guangzhou

52

Cliff Daniels

NASCAR crew chief

*August 21st, 1971, Smithfield

52

Gagik Simonyan

Armenian footballer

*August 21st, 1971, Yerevan

52

Camille Couzi

French fencer

*August 21st, 1971, Gradignan

52

Brian Jude

American screenwriter

*August 21st, 1971, Long Branch

52

Carmo Dalla Vecchia

Brazilian actor

*August 21st, 1971, Carazinho

52

Ivan Matteoni

Sammarinese footballer

*August 21st, 1971, San Marino

52

Eduardo Mendoza Arellano

Mexican politician

*August 21st, 1971, Mexico City

52

Jimmy Constable

Pop music singer and dancer

*August 21st, 1971, Toxteth

52

Roberta Pedranzini

Italian ski mountaineer

*August 21st, 1971, Bormio

52

Tiffany Bolton

Actress and television personality

*August 21st, 1971, Houston

52

Kristi Angus

Canadian television and film actress (b.1971)

*August 21st, 1971, Kelowna

52

Greg Cromer

American actor

*August 21st, 1971, St. Louis

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

50

Sergey Brin

American billionaire businessman (born 1973)

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

37

Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter

*August 21st, 1986, Sherwood Content

53

Nanaia Mahuta

New Zealand politician

*August 21st, 1970, Auckland

38

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

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

53

Erik Dekker

Dutch cyclist and manager

*August 21st, 1970, Hoogeveen

36

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

30

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

60

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

39

Alizée

French singer (born 1984)

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

39

Eve Torres

American actress, dancer, model and professional wrestler

*August 21st, 1984, Boston

35

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

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

53

John Carmack

American computer programmer and video game developer

*August 21st, 1970, Shawnee Mission

60

Mohammed VI of Morocco

King of Morocco since 1999

*August 21st, 1963, Rabat

42

Cameron Winklevoss

American rower

*August 21st, 1981, Southampton

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

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

Same year
Born in 1971

52

Kali Rocha

American actress

*December 5th, 1971, Memphis

52

Christina Cox

Canadian actress

*July 31st, 1971, Toronto

52

Billy Bush

American radio and television host (born 1971)

*October 13th, 1971, Manhattan

53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

52

Stephan Groth

Danish-Norwegian singer

*August 10th, 1971, Odense

52

Anna Netrebko

Russian and Austrian operatic soprano

*September 18th, 1971, Krasnodar

53

Elon Musk

Businessman (born 1971)

*June 28th, 1971, Pretoria

53

Susi Susanti

Indonesian badminton player

*February 11th, 1971, Tasikmalaya

52

Chen Ying

Chinese badminton player

*December 1st, 1971, Xijiang, Guizhou

52

John 5

American guitarist

*July 31st, 1971, Grosse Pointe

53

Ricky Subagja

Badminton player

*January 27th, 1971, Bandung

52

Zarinah Abdullah

Badminton player

*July 12th, 1971, Singapore

52

Mario Abdo Benítez

50st President of Paraguay

*November 10th, 1971, Asunción

52

David Gauke

British politician and solicitor (born 1971)

*October 8th, 1971, Ipswich

52

Raoul Bova

Italian actor

*August 14th, 1971, Rome

53

Marco Bülow

German politician

*June 14th, 1971, Dortmund

52

Martin Gerster

German politician

*August 30th, 1971, Biberach an der Riss

52

Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister of Canada since 2015

*December 25th, 1971, Ottawa

53

Tarek Al-Wazir

German politician

*January 3rd, 1971, Offenbach am Main

52

Valentina Polkhanova

Russian racing cyclist

*August 15th, 1971, Saransk

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

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Born on August 21st, 1971
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1971 is a normal year and no leap year.

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