August 21st, 1998

Born on August 21st, 1998

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 620 days, exactly on January 6th, 2026, people who were born on August 21st, 1998 will be 10,000 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, 1998

25

Madeleine Egle

Austrian luge athlete

*August 21st, 1998, Hall in Tirol

25

Greta Varlese

Italian fashion model

*August 21st, 1998, Milan

25

Dylan Raffin

French actor

*August 21st, 1998, La Tronche

25

Fredrik Bjørkan

Norwegian association football player

*August 21st, 1998, Bodø Municipality

25

Andri Ragettli

Swiss freestyle skier

*August 21st, 1998, Flims

25

Jade Chynoweth

American actress and dancer

*August 21st, 1998, Park City

25

Igor August Svideniouk Egholm

Danish actor

*August 21st, 1998, Denmark

25

Dimple Hayathi

Indian actress

*August 21st, 1998, Hyderabad

25

Dunjahh

Belgian YouTuber

*August 21st, 1998, Belgium

25

Mikiah Herbert Harrigan

American basketball player

*August 21st, 1998, Island Harbour

25

Adelaide Muskwe

Zimbabwean netball player

*August 21st, 1998, Parirenyatwa Hospital

25

Florin Tița

Romanian amateur wrestler

*August 21st, 1998, Constanța

25

Karlo Butić

Croatian association football player

*August 21st, 1998, Zadar

25

Antonio Tartaglione

Association football player (1998-)

*August 21st, 1998, San Vincenzo

25

Hady Habib

Tennis player (1998-)

*August 21st, 1998, Houston

25

Admiral Muskwe

Zimbabwean association football player

*August 21st, 1998, Parirenyatwa Hospital

25

Micheal Poettoz

Colombian alpine skier

*August 21st, 1998, Cali

25

Ignatiy Sidor

Association football player

*August 21st, 1998, Zhodzina

25

Kristina Spiridonova

Russian freestyle skier

*August 21st, 1998, Ufa

25

Nadeen Osama El Sayed

Egyptian model

*August 21st, 1998, Cairo

25

Prince Villanueva

Philippine actor

*August 21st, 1998, Manila

25

Stuart Allan

American actor

*August 21st, 1998, Northern Virginia

25

Dominique Saldaña

American actress

*August 21st, 1998, United States of America

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

30

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

38

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

36

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

35

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

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

39

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

34

Hayden Panettiere

American actress, model, singer, and activist

*August 21st, 1989, Palisades

39

Eve Torres

American actress, dancer, model and professional wrestler

*August 21st, 1984, Boston

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

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

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

42

Cameron Winklevoss

American rower

*August 21st, 1981, Southampton

31

Jordan Williamsz

Australian male middle-distance runner

*August 21st, 1992, Wantirna

60

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

37

Romano Battisti

Italian rower

*August 21st, 1986, Priverno

34

Ehíré Adríanza

Venezuelan baseball player

*August 21st, 1989, Guarenas

Same year
Born in 1998

25

Conan Gray

American singer-songwriter

*December 5th, 1998, Lemon Grove

26

Jack Harlow

American rapper from Kentucky (born 1998)

*March 13th, 1998, Louisville

25

Roddy Ricch

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*October 22nd, 1998, Compton

25

Latto

American rapper and singer

*December 22nd, 1998, Columbus

25

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

25

Einar Lurås Oftebro

Norwegian nordic combined skier

*August 6th, 1998, Norway

25

Kati-Kreet Marran

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Tartu

26

Yulfira Barkah

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1998, Medan

26

Pornpawee Chochuwong

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1998, Rayong

25

Nina Chuba

German singer and television actor

*October 14th, 1998, Wedel

26

Zé Felipe

Brazilian sertanejo singer

*April 21st, 1998, Goiânia

25

Luísa Sonza

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 18th, 1998, Tuparendi

25

Kevinho

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*September 15th, 1998, Campinas

26

Paulo Londra

Argentinian rapper and singer

*April 12th, 1998, Córdoba

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

25

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

26

Rodion Alimov

Russian badminton player

*April 21st, 1998, Ufa

25

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

24

Hugo Helmig

Danish singer-songwriter

*July 24th, 1998, Aarhus †November 23rd, 2022

25

Kyohei Yamashita

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1998, Okayama Prefecture

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on August 21st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on August 21st, 1998
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1998 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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