August 21st, 1976

Born on August 21st, 1976

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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, 1976

47

Liezel Huber

US tennis player

*August 21st, 1976, Durban

47

André Costa Vorraber

Brazilian rower

*August 21st, 1976, Porto Alegre

47

Nathan Twaddle

New Zealand rower

*August 21st, 1976, Hamilton

47

Jeff Cunningham

Jamaican-American soccer player

*August 21st, 1976, Montego Bay

47

Jean Scuderi

French visual artist (born 1976)

*August 21st, 1976, Thionville

47

Csaba Martin

Film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor

*August 21st, 1976, Debrecen

47

Chad Hord

American racing driver

*August 21st, 1976, Felch Township

47

Robert Miles

Australian rugby league footballer

*August 21st, 1976, Sydney

47

Philip Simon

Dutch author and writer

*August 21st, 1976, Enschede

47

Gillian O'Sullivan

Irish racewalker

*August 21st, 1976, Killarney

47

Ramón Vázquez

Puerto Rican baseball player

*August 21st, 1976, Aibonito

47

Alex Brooks

American ice hockey player

*August 21st, 1976, Madison

47

Nikos Vertis

Greek singer

*August 21st, 1976, Gorinchem

47

Sakis Papavasiliou

Greek footballer

*August 21st, 1976, Katerini

47

Youssef Moustaïd

Footballer

*August 21st, 1976, Nancy

47

Kelvin Ikeduba

Nigerian actor

*August 21st, 1976, Ebute Metta

47

Peter Hegedus

Australian filmmaker

*August 21st, 1976, Budapest

47

Marcin Drajer

Polish footballer

*August 21st, 1976, Poznań

47

Greg Shields

Scottish footballer (born 1976)

*August 21st, 1976, Falkirk

47

Eric Bachier Román

Puerto Rican politician

*August 21st, 1976, Salinas

47

Derrin Ebert

Major League Baseball pitcher

*August 21st, 1976, Anaheim

47

Jay Baron Nicorvo

American novelist, poet, and essayist

*August 21st, 1976, Perth Amboy

47

Brett Garrard

British Olympic field hockey player

*August 21st, 1976, Brentford

47

Felipe Correa

Ecuadorian architect

*August 21st, 1976, Quito

47

Slavi Zhekov

Bulgarian footballer

*August 21st, 1976, Stara Zagora

47

Michiel Smit

Dutch politician

*August 21st, 1976, Maasland

47

Ivy Shaw

Fijian weightlifter

*August 21st, 1976, Fiji

47

Leonardo dos Santos Silva

Brazilian footballer

*August 21st, 1976, São Gonçalo

47

Nebi Mustafi

Macedonian footballer

*August 21st, 1976, Tetovo

47

Kōtarō Tatsumi

Japanese politician

*August 21st, 1976, Osaka

47

Emre Elivar

Turkish musician

*August 21st, 1976, Ankara

47

Suwandi

Professional Indonesian tennis player

*August 21st, 1976, Bandung City

47

Hlib Zagoriy

Ukrainian businessman and politician

*August 21st, 1976, Vologda

47

Alejandro Brugués

Argentinian screenwriter

*August 21st, 1976, Buenos Aires

47

Sara Arrington

Actress

*August 21st, 1976, Reed City

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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

36

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

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

39

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

30

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

48

Alicia Witt

American actress, singer, and pianist (born 1975)

*August 21st, 1975, Worcester

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

45

Bhumika Chawla

Indian actress

*August 21st, 1978, New Delhi

53

Nanaia Mahuta

New Zealand politician

*August 21st, 1970, Auckland

60

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

53

Erik Dekker

Dutch cyclist and manager

*August 21st, 1970, Hoogeveen

60

Mohammed

King of Morocco since 1999

*August 21st, 1963, Rabat

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Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

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

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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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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