August 21st, 1988

Born on August 21st, 1988

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 13,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 970 days, exactly on December 20th, 2026, people who were born on August 21st, 1988 will be 14,000 days old!

... 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, 1988

35

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

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

35

Kacey Musgraves

American singer (born 1988)

*August 21st, 1988, Mineola

35

Adrián Ruiz Ortiz

Spanish footballer

*August 21st, 1988, Málaga

35

David Pollet

Footballer

*August 21st, 1988, La Bassée

35

Sana Khan

Indian actress and model

*August 21st, 1988, Mumbai

35

Gaetano Berardi

Swiss association football player

*August 21st, 1988, Sorengo

35

Kiros Stanlley Soares Ferraz

Brazilian association football player

*August 21st, 1988, Brazil

35

Bruno Gabriel Soares

Brazilian footballer

*August 21st, 1988, Belo Horizonte

35

Rene Swette

Austrian league ice hockey player and ice hockey goalkeeper

*August 21st, 1988, Lustenau

35

Anna Jakubowska

Polish chess player

*August 21st, 1988, Warsaw

35

Ioan Hora

Romanian footballer

*August 21st, 1988, Oradea

35

Amal Fashanu

British journalist and activist

*August 21st, 1988, London

35

Lukas Meijer

Swedish musician and vocalist

*August 21st, 1988, Ulricehamn

35

Ivan Fatić

Montenegrin footballer

*August 21st, 1988, Pljevlja

35

Ben Kilner

Scottish snowboarder

*August 21st, 1988, Aberdeen

35

Yannick Anzuluni

Basketball player (1987-)

*August 21st, 1988, Kinshasa

35

Roksana Zasina

Polish sportsperson

*August 21st, 1988, Łódź

35

Windu Hanggono Putra

Indonesian footballer

*August 21st, 1988, Jakarta

35

Nnaemeka Anyanwu

Footballer

*August 21st, 1988, Awe, Nigeria

35

Nemanja Zlatković

Serbian footballer

*August 21st, 1988, Belgrade

35

Maialen Zelaia

Spanish footballer

*August 21st, 1988, San Sebastián

35

Kenny Adamson

British footballer (born 1988)

*August 21st, 1988, Dunfermline

35

Igor Lambulić

Montenegrin footballer

*August 21st, 1988, Podgorica

35

Gilbert Lenin Castillo

Dominican Republic boxer

*August 21st, 1988, Santo Domingo

35

Joanna Mitrosz

Polish rhythmic gymnast

*August 21st, 1988, Gdynia

35

Jon-Jon Smuts

South African cricketer

*August 21st, 1988, Makhanda

35

Francisco José Olivas

Spanish soccer player

*August 21st, 1988, Antequera

35

Lee Bo-mee

South Korean golfer

*August 21st, 1988, Suwon

35

Goran Maričić

Serbian footballer

*August 21st, 1988, Ivanjica

35

Daiki Nishioka

Japanese association football player

*August 21st, 1988, Miyazaki Prefecture

35

Ben Tate

American football running back

*August 21st, 1988, Salisbury

35

Paris Bennett

American singer

*August 21st, 1988, Rockford

35

Whitney Sloan

British actress

*August 21st, 1988, London

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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

36

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

38

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

34

Hayden Panettiere

American actress, model, singer, and activist

*August 21st, 1989, Palisades

30

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

39

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

39

Eve Torres

American actress, dancer, model and professional wrestler

*August 21st, 1984, Boston

36

Andrea Chong

Canadian ice dancer

*August 21st, 1987, Toronto

34

Ehíré Adríanza

Venezuelan baseball player

*August 21st, 1989, Guarenas

37

Romano Battisti

Italian rower

*August 21st, 1986, Priverno

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

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

42

Cameron Winklevoss

American rower

*August 21st, 1981, Southampton

50

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

31

Jordan Williamsz

Australian male middle-distance runner

*August 21st, 1992, Wantirna

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

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

36

Jodie Meeks

American basketball player

*August 21st, 1987, Nashville

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

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Born on August 21st, 1988
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Leap year

Yes: 1988 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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