August 21st, 1975

Born on August 21st, 1975

Age in days, weeks and months
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... in seconds, minutes and hours

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, 1975

48

Alicia Witt

American actress, singer, and pianist (born 1975)

*August 21st, 1975, Worcester

48

Michael Altman

American rower

*August 21st, 1975, Los Angeles

48

Simon Katich

Australian Test cricketer

*August 21st, 1975, Middle Swan

48

Akili Smith

American gridiron football player (born 1975)

*August 21st, 1975, San Diego

48

Craig Waibel

American soccer player

*August 21st, 1975, Portland

48

Marijo Strahonja

Football referee

*August 21st, 1975, Zagreb

48

Paul Ritchie

Scottish footballer (born 1975)

*August 21st, 1975, Kirkcaldy

48

Caroline Gennez

Flemish politician

*August 21st, 1975, Sint-Truiden

48

Martijn Schimmer

Dutch composer

*August 21st, 1975, Rotterdam

48

Michelle Purple

American producer

*August 21st, 1975, Fullerton

48

Abdel Jebahi

French boxer

*August 21st, 1975, Vienne-en-Arthies

48

Coumba Cissé

Olympic basketball player

*August 21st, 1975, Dakar

48

Verbal

Zainichi Korean rapper, producer

*August 21st, 1975, Tokyo

48

Kalman Andrasofzky

Canadian comics artist and writer

*August 21st, 1975, Toronto

48

María Angélica Ramírez Luna

Mexican politician

*August 21st, 1975, Puebla City

48

Dario Gjergja

Croatian basketball coach

*August 21st, 1975, Zadar

48

Pavle Radovanović

Football referee

*August 21st, 1975, Yugoslavia

48

Varney Kallon

Liberian association football player

*August 21st, 1975, Liberia

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

38

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

50

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

36

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

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

30

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

39

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

39

Eve Torres

American actress, dancer, model and professional wrestler

*August 21st, 1984, Boston

42

Cameron Winklevoss

American rower

*August 21st, 1981, Southampton

35

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

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

53

Nanaia Mahuta

New Zealand politician

*August 21st, 1970, Auckland

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

49

Shane Broad

Australian politician and rower

*August 21st, 1974, Burnie

60

Mohammed

King of Morocco since 1999

*August 21st, 1963, Rabat

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

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

Same year
Born in 1975

49

André Poggenburg

German politician and entrepreneur

*March 12th, 1975, Weißenfels

49

Lorin Morgan-Richards

American author, illustrator, and songwriter

*February 16th, 1975, Beebetown

48

Ane Dahl Torp

Norwegian actress

*August 1st, 1975, Bærum Municipality

48

Maria Thayer

American actress

*October 30th, 1975, Portland

48

Zhang Ning

Chinese female badminton player

*May 19th, 1975, Jinzhou

48

Ha Tae-kwon

South Korean badminton player

*April 30th, 1975, Jeonju

48

Kim Dong-moon

South Korean badminton player

*September 22nd, 1975, Gokseong County

48

Candra Wijaya

Badminton player

*September 16th, 1975, Cirebon City

49

Gu Jun

Badminton player

*January 3rd, 1975, Wuxi

48

Ge Fei

Chinese badminton player

*October 9th, 1975, Nantong

48

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

49

Tracey Hallam

English badminton player

*March 24th, 1975, Burton upon Trent

48

Jim Ronny Andersen

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1975, Songdalen Municipality

48

Sarah Hardaker

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1975, Dartford

49

Tony Gunawan

Badminton player

*April 9th, 1975, Surabaya

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

48

Marion Cotillard

French actress

*September 30th, 1975, Paris

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

48

Angelina Jolie

American actress (born 1975)

*June 4th, 1975, Los Angeles

48

Konrad Bansa

German handball player and coach

*July 24th, 1975, Neuwied

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1975 is a normal year and no leap year.

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