August 21st, 1983

Born on August 21st, 1983

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 21st, 1983?

August 21st, 1983

Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. is assassinated at Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninoy_Aquino

What else 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

Born on August 21st, 1983

40

Megan Kalmoe

American rower

*August 21st, 1983, Minneapolis

40

Brody Jenner

American reality television personality and model

*August 21st, 1983, Los Angeles

40

Gabriëlle Popken

Dutch former politician

*August 21st, 1983, Geleen

40

Kristof Vizvary

Austrian handball player

*August 21st, 1983, Tulln an der Donau

40

Henrik Asheim

Norwegian politician

*August 21st, 1983, Bærum Municipality

40

Jesse Chavez

American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.

*August 21st, 1983, Victorville

40

Jeff Clement

American baseball player

*August 21st, 1983, Marshalltown

40

Chantelle Houghton

English television personality and model

*August 21st, 1983, Wickford

40

Vincent Mouillard

French basketball player

*August 21st, 1983, Hesdin

40

Aarón Bueno

Spanish footballer

*August 21st, 1983, Sabadell

40

Scott McDonald

Australian soccer player

*August 21st, 1983, Melbourne

40

Olha Zhukovtsova-Kyiashko

Ukrainian actress

*August 21st, 1983, Zaporizhzhia

40

Warren Groeneveld

South African cricketer

*August 21st, 1983, Paarl

40

Simo Mälkiä

Finnish ice hockey player and coach

*August 21st, 1983, Lappeenranta

40

Cassandra Kubinski

American pop artist, songwriter and actress

*August 21st, 1983, Enfield

40

Martin Staško

Slovak footballer

*August 21st, 1983, Czechoslovakia

40

Juan Álvez

Uruguayan footballer

*August 21st, 1983, Montevideo

40

Jenny Cho

Korean-American model

*August 21st, 1983, Los Angeles

40

Hugo Rodrigues Imbelloni

Footballer

*August 21st, 1983, Itaperuna

40

Matteo Abbate

Italian footballer

*August 21st, 1983, Orbetello

40

Alois Ngwerume

Association football player

*August 21st, 1983, Zimbabwe

40

Ali Ölmez

Turkish footballer

*August 21st, 1983, İzmir

40

Antonio Giosa

Italian footballer

*August 21st, 1983, Potenza

40

Peter Borren

New Zealand (Canterbury)-born Dutch Cricketer

*August 21st, 1983, Christchurch

40

Samantha Sanders

South African cyclist

*August 21st, 1983, Benoni

40

Njegoš Goločevac

Serbian footballer

*August 21st, 1983, Priboj

40

Preston Jones

American actor

*August 21st, 1983, Dallas

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

38

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

37

Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter

*August 21st, 1986, Sherwood Content

39

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

39

Eve Torres

American actress, dancer, model and professional wrestler

*August 21st, 1984, Boston

36

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

42

Cameron Winklevoss

American rower

*August 21st, 1981, Southampton

30

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

35

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

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

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

34

Hayden Panettiere

American actress, model, singer, and activist

*August 21st, 1989, Palisades

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

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

50

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

37

Romano Battisti

Italian rower

*August 21st, 1986, Priverno

36

Andrea Chong

Canadian ice dancer

*August 21st, 1987, Toronto

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

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

60

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

60

Mohammed

King of Morocco since 1999

*August 21st, 1963, Rabat

Same year
Born in 1983

40

Kamilla Rytter Juhl

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1983, Skagen

40

Loreen

Moroccan and Swedish singer and songwriter

*October 16th, 1983, Danderyd

40

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

41

John Lundvik

Swedish singer, songwriter, and former sprinter

*January 27th, 1983, London

41

Kaisa Mäkäräinen

Finnish biathlete

*January 11th, 1983, Ristijärvi

40

Carsten Mogensen

Danish badminton player

*July 24th, 1983, Roskilde

41

Lee Jae-jin

South Korean badminton player

*January 26th, 1983, Miryang

41

Bao Chunlai

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1983, Changsha

41

Summer Cem

German rapper

*April 11th, 1983, Mönchengladbach

40

Liisi Koikson

Estonian singer

*June 4th, 1983, Kilingi-Nõmme

40

Philipp Lahm

German association football player

*November 11th, 1983, Munich

41

Laura de Boer

Dutch actress

*February 26th, 1983, Amsterdam

40

Lin Dan

Chinese badminton player

*October 14th, 1983, Longyan

40

Petya Nedelcheva

Bulgarian badminton player

*July 30th, 1983, Stara Zagora

41

Vitaa

French singer-songwriter

*March 14th, 1983, Mulhouse

41

Michelle Butler-Emmett

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1983, Durban

40

Shama Aboobakar

Mauritian badminton player

*June 7th, 1983, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill

40

Mila Kunis

Ukrainian-American actress

*August 14th, 1983, Chernivtsi

40

Chris Dednam

Badminton player

*August 8th, 1983, Bloemfontein

40

Anastasia Russkikh

Russian badminton player

*May 20th, 1983, Gatchina

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No: With 365 days 1983 is a normal year and no leap year.

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