August 21st, 1976

Born on August 21st, 1976

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What happened on August 21st?

August 21st, 2007

BioShock was released in North America, becoming a critical success and a demonstration of video games as an art form.

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 (one pictured) 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 and 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 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 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, 1976

49

Liezel Huber

US tennis player

*August 21st, 1976, Durban

49

Philip Simon

Dutch author and writer

*August 21st, 1976, Enschede

49

Jeff Cunningham

Jamaican-American soccer player

*August 21st, 1976, Montego Bay

49

Jean Scuderi

French visual artist (born 1976)

*August 21st, 1976, Thionville

49

Csaba Martin

Film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor

*August 21st, 1976, Debrecen

49

Chad Hord

American racing driver

*August 21st, 1976, Felch Township

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Born in 1976

49

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

49

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

50

Damien Leith

Irish-Australian singer–songwriter

*January 18th, 1976, Dublin

50

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

49

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

50

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

50

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

49

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

50

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

49

Giorgio Galimberti

Italian tennis player

*September 5th, 1976, Milan

50

Daniel Ernemann

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1976, Amberg

49

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

49

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

50

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Castleknock

49

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

50

Yuval Noah Harari

Israeli historian and author of popular science bestsellers

*February 24th, 1976, Kiryat Ata

49

Ryan Kwanten

Australian actor and comedian (born 1976)

*November 28th, 1976, Sydney

49

Ronaldo

Brazilian former association football player (born 1976)

*September 22nd, 1976, Itaguaí

49

Patrick Vieira

French association football manager (born 1976)

*June 23rd, 1976, Dakar

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 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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