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, 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, 1980

43

Jon Lajoie

Comedian and musician

*August 21st, 1980, Montreal

43

Paul Menard

American racing driver

*August 21st, 1980, Eau Claire

43

Amelle Chahbi

French actress, playwright, film director and screenwriter

*August 21st, 1980, Paris

43

Akihiro Higashide

Baseball player

*August 21st, 1980, Sabae

43

Chesa Boudin

American lawyer

*August 21st, 1980, New York City

43

Ang Bang Heng

Singaporean footballer

*August 21st, 1980, Singapore

43

Andrew Farley

Irish rugby union player

*August 21st, 1980, Brisbane

43

Attila Zabos

Football player

*August 21st, 1980, Kazincbarcika

43

Magnus A. Carlsson

Professional golfer

*August 21st, 1980, Västerås

43

Jasmin Wöhr

German tennis player

*August 21st, 1980, Tübingen

43

Vinny Troia

American record producer

*August 21st, 1980, New Jersey

43

Emir Kurtagic

German handball player

*August 21st, 1980, Sarajevo

43

Bryan Allen

Canadian ice hockey player

*August 21st, 1980, Kingston

43

David Malo Azagra

Spanish footballer

*August 21st, 1980, Marcilla

43

Burney Lamar

American stock car racing driver

*August 21st, 1980, West Sacramento

43

Ali Boulebda

Algerian and French footballer

*August 21st, 1980, Souk Ahras

43

Nathan Round

English cricketer (born 1980)

*August 21st, 1980, Stourbridge

43

Michaël Citony

French footballer

*August 21st, 1980, Villiers-le-Bel

43

Yuri Kokoyev

Russian association football player

*August 21st, 1980, Tskhinvali

43

Iwan Redan

Dutch association footballer

*August 21st, 1980, Rotterdam

43

Karel De Smet

Belgian footballer

*August 21st, 1980, Ghent

43

Pie-Pacifique

Rwandan born author and motivational speaker currently living in South Africa

*August 21st, 1980, Rwanda

43

Jon Syverson

American drummer (born 1980)

*August 21st, 1980, Wrentham

43

Miodrag Vasiljević

Serbian footballer

*August 21st, 1980, Ruma

43

John Brotherton

American actor

*August 21st, 1980, Ellensburg

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

42

Cameron Winklevoss

American rower

*August 21st, 1981, Southampton

39

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

36

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

39

Eve Torres

American actress, dancer, model and professional wrestler

*August 21st, 1984, Boston

30

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

50

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

35

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

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

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

45

Bhumika Chawla

Indian actress

*August 21st, 1978, New Delhi

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

44

Joel Griffiths

Australian association football player

*August 21st, 1979, Sydney

37

Romano Battisti

Italian rower

*August 21st, 1986, Priverno

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

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

Same year
Born in 1980

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

44

Cai Yun

Chinese badminton player

*January 19th, 1980, Suzhou

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

44

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

43

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

43

Mathias Boe

Danish badminton player

*July 11th, 1980, Frederikssund

43

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

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

43

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

43

Matias Varela

Swedish actor

*November 1st, 1980, Stockholm

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

44

Kennevic Asuncion

Badminton player

*March 21st, 1980, Barbaza

Birthdays of famous people

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Born on August 21st, 1980
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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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