August 21st, 1978

Born on August 21st, 1978

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, 1978

45

Bhumika Chawla

Indian actress

*August 21st, 1978, New Delhi

45

Reuben Droughns

American football player

*August 21st, 1978, Chicago

45

Jason Marquis

US baseball pitcher

*August 21st, 1978, Manhasset

45

Banke Meshida Lawal

Nigerian businesswoman and make-up artist

*August 21st, 1978, Ile Ife

45

Jesús España

Spanish long-distance runner

*August 21st, 1978, Valdemoro

45

Therese Bohman

Swedish writer and journalist

*August 21st, 1978, Kolmården

45

Kanika Kapoor

Indian singer

*August 21st, 1978, Lucknow

45

Alan Lee

Irish footballer

*August 21st, 1978, Galway

45

Stefan Rütimann

Swiss bicycle racer

*August 21st, 1978, Zug

45

Lee Gronkiewicz

American baseball player

*August 21st, 1978, Los Angeles

45

Peter Buxton

English rugby union footballer

*August 21st, 1978, Cheltenham

45

Fay Wolf

American entertainer

*August 21st, 1978, Fairfield

37

Marinko Madžgalj

Serbian actor and singer

*August 21st, 1978, Belgrade †March 26th, 2016, Belgrade

45

Josiah Judah

American boxer

*August 21st, 1978, Brooklyn

45

Jefferson Feijão

Brazilian footballer (born 1978)

*August 21st, 1978, Belo Horizonte

45

Hoani MacDonald

New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach

*August 21st, 1978, Invercargill

45

Aleksandar Madžar

Montenegrin footballer

*August 21st, 1978, Bar

45

Volodymyr Braila

Footballer

*August 21st, 1978, Kryvyi Rih

45

Chiara Gazzoli

Footballer

*August 21st, 1978, Cernusco sul Naviglio

45

Manolis Skoufalis

Greek footballer

*August 21st, 1978, Nea Ionia

45

Yoshio Kitagawa

Japanese association football player

*August 21st, 1978, Kyoto

45

Ketevan Tsikhelashvili

Georgian politician

*August 21st, 1978, Kutaisi

45

Ruth Rivera

Puerto Rican weightlifter

*August 21st, 1978, Caguas

45

Roberto Mirri

Italian footballer

*August 21st, 1978, Imola

45

Silas Sang

Kenyan long-distance runner

*August 21st, 1978, Kaptagat

45

Borys Protsenko

Ukrainian Ice Hockey Player

*August 21st, 1978, Kyiv

45

David Mosquera

Spanish canoer

*August 21st, 1978, Betanzos

45

Monika Schachl

Olympic cyclist

*August 21st, 1978, Mondsee

45

Annie Wu

Taiwanese actress and model

*August 21st, 1978, People's Republic of China

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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

36

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

50

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

39

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

42

Cameron Winklevoss

American rower

*August 21st, 1981, Southampton

30

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

39

Eve Torres

American actress, dancer, model and professional wrestler

*August 21st, 1984, Boston

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

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

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

35

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

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

34

Hayden Panettiere

American actress, model, singer, and activist

*August 21st, 1989, Palisades

60

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

53

Nanaia Mahuta

New Zealand politician

*August 21st, 1970, Auckland

44

Joel Griffiths

Australian association football player

*August 21st, 1979, Sydney

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

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

60

Mohammed

King of Morocco since 1999

*August 21st, 1963, Rabat

Same year
Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

45

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

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Born on August 21st, 1978
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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