August 21st, 1985

Born on August 21st, 1985

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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, 1985

38

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

38

Nicolás Almagro

Spanish tennis player

*August 21st, 1985, Murcia

38

Laura Haddock

British actress

*August 21st, 1985, London Borough of Enfield

38

Boladé Apithy

French fencer

*August 21st, 1985, Dijon

38

Harshit Saxena

Indian singer and composer

*August 21st, 1985, Lucknow

38

Kevin Nee

American strength athlete

*August 21st, 1985, Framingham

38

Hanna Zavecz

Basketball player

*August 21st, 1985, Fitzroy

38

Andrew Ornoch

Canadian soccer player

*August 21st, 1985, Warsaw

38

Marianna Salzmann

German writer

*August 21st, 1985, Volgograd

38

Albrecht Schuch

German actor

*August 21st, 1985, Jena

38

Erik Walden

American football player

*August 21st, 1985, Dublin

38

Shonn Greene

All-American college football player, professional football player, running back

*August 21st, 1985, Sicklerville

38

Dante Hughes

American football player, defensive back, cornerback

*August 21st, 1985, Los Angeles

38

Dú Maroc

German rapper

*August 21st, 1985, Frankfurt

38

Daniel Bernhardt

German footballer

*August 21st, 1985, Karlsruhe

38

Aleksandra Kiryashova

Russian pole vaulter

*August 21st, 1985, Saint Petersburg

38

Melissa M

French R&B singer

*August 21st, 1985, Marseille

38

Simon Morriss

Australian baseball player

*August 21st, 1985, Brisbane

38

Sam Ingram

Paralympic martial artist

*August 21st, 1985, Coventry

38

Mohd Fairuz Abdul Aziz

Footballer

*August 21st, 1985, Selangor

38

Keisuke Hoshino

Japanese association football player

*August 21st, 1985, Gunma Prefecture

38

Darkhan Bayakhmetov

Olympic wrestler

*August 21st, 1985, Urzhar

38

Daniel Gadzhev

Bulgarian footballer

*August 21st, 1985, Bulgaria

38

Dafydd Hewitt

Welsh rugby union player

*August 21st, 1985, Cardiff

38

Roman Balabin

Analytical chemist, spectroscopist

*August 21st, 1985, Moscow

38

Miroslav Kultyshev

Russian musician

*August 21st, 1985, Saint Petersburg

38

Salaheddine Sbaï

Moroccan and French association football player

*August 21st, 1985, Sidi Kacem

38

Travis Kauffman

American boxer

*August 21st, 1985, Reading

38

Pardeep Sahu

Cricketer

*August 21st, 1985, Bhiwani

38

Murat Sözgelmez

Turkish footballer

*August 21st, 1985, İzmir Province

38

Ivan Mendes

Brazilian actor

*August 21st, 1985, Rio de Janeiro

38

Stefan Buzurović

Serbian actor

*August 21st, 1985, Belgrade

38

Jake Pitts

American musician and record producer

*August 21st, 1985, Idaho

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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

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

35

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

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

30

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

37

Romano Battisti

Italian rower

*August 21st, 1986, Priverno

34

Hayden Panettiere

American actress, model, singer, and activist

*August 21st, 1989, Palisades

42

Cameron Winklevoss

American rower

*August 21st, 1981, Southampton

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

36

Andrea Chong

Canadian ice dancer

*August 21st, 1987, Toronto

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

50

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

34

Ehíré Adríanza

Venezuelan baseball player

*August 21st, 1989, Guarenas

37

Brooks Wheelan

American comedian

*August 21st, 1986, Cedar Rapids

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

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Born in 1985

39

Virgil Soeroredjo

Badminton player

*March 11th, 1985, Paramaribo

33

Nipsey Hussle

American rapper (1985–2019)

*August 15th, 1985, Crenshaw †March 31st, 2019, Los Angeles

38

Maria Kristin Yulianti

Indonesian badminton player

*June 25th, 1985, Tuban

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

39

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

38

Bonez MC

German rapper

*December 23rd, 1985, Hamburg

39

Koen Ridder

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1985, Haarlem

39

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

38

Mitchel Wongsodikromo

Badminton player

*August 26th, 1985, Paramaribo

39

Senidah

Slovenian singer-songwriter (born 1985)

*April 9th, 1985, Ljubljana

36

Young Dolph

American rapper (1985–2021)

*March 5th, 1985, Chicago †November 17th, 2021, Memphis

39

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portuguese footballer (born 1985)

*February 5th, 1985, Funchal

38

Salomon Kalou

Ivorian association football player

*August 5th, 1985, Oumé

39

The Quiett

South Korean rapper

*January 29th, 1985, Gwangmyeong

39

Andreas Ottl

German footballer

*March 1st, 1985, Munich

38

Pablo Abián

Spanish badminton player

*June 12th, 1985, Calatayud

39

Willem Viljoen

Badminton player

*March 5th, 1985, Bloemfontein

39

Thilini Jayasinghe

Badminton player

*January 15th, 1985, Peradeniya

38

Simon Santoso

Badminton player

*July 29th, 1985, Tegal City

39

Oxxxymiron

Russian rapper

*January 31st, 1985, Saint Petersburg

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No: With 365 days 1985 is a normal year and no leap year.

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