August 21st, 1980

Born on August 21st, 1980

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1980

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Jon Lajoie

Comedian and musician

*August 21st, 1980, Montreal

45

Emir Kurtagic

German handball player

*August 21st, 1980, Sarajevo

45

Paul Menard

American racing driver

*August 21st, 1980, Eau Claire

45

Amelle Chahbi

French actress, playwright, film director and screenwriter

*August 21st, 1980, Paris

45

Akihiro Higashide

Baseball player

*August 21st, 1980, Sabae

45

Chesa Boudin

American lawyer

*August 21st, 1980, New York City

45

Ang Bang Heng

Singaporean footballer

*August 21st, 1980, Singapore

45

Andrew Farley

Irish rugby union player

*August 21st, 1980, Brisbane

45

Attila Zabos

Football player

*August 21st, 1980, Kazincbarcika

45

Magnus A. Carlsson

Professional golfer

*August 21st, 1980, Västerås

45

Vinny Troia

American record producer

*August 21st, 1980, New Jersey

Same year
Born in 1980

45

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

46

Cai Yun

Chinese badminton player

*January 19th, 1980, Suzhou

46

Gucci Mane

American rapper (born 1980)

*February 12th, 1980, Bessemer

46

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

45

Josh Mathews

American professional wrestler, professional wrestling announcer and commentator, and backstage interviewer

*November 25th, 1980, Sea Isle City

46

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

46

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

45

Dag-Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula Municipality

46

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

45

Joy Mogensen

Danish politician

*August 11th, 1980, Toronto

45

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

45

Mathias Boe

Danish badminton player

*July 11th, 1980, Frederikssund

46

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

38

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

45

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

45

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

46

Abeer Nehme

Lebanese singer and a musicologist

*May 19th, 1980, Tannourine

45

Matias Varela

Swedish actor

*November 1st, 1980, Stockholm

45

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

46

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

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Leap year

Yes: 1980 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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