August 21st, 2007

Born on August 21st, 2007

Age in days, weeks and months
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... 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

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

30

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

36

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

35

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

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

39

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

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

39

Eve Torres

American actress, dancer, model and professional wrestler

*August 21st, 1984, Boston

34

Hayden Panettiere

American actress, model, singer, and activist

*August 21st, 1989, Palisades

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

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

50

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

25

Madeleine Egle

Austrian luge athlete

*August 21st, 1998, Hall in Tirol

42

Cameron Winklevoss

American rower

*August 21st, 1981, Southampton

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

37

Romano Battisti

Italian rower

*August 21st, 1986, Priverno

Same year
Born in 2007

16

Unnati Hooda

Badminton player

*September 20th, 2007, Rohtak

16

Ever Anderson

American child actress

*November 3rd, 2007, Los Angeles

16

Infanta Sofía of Spain

Younger child of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia

*April 29th, 2007, Madrid

17

Xan Windsor, Lord Culloden

Son of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster, and Claire Windsor, Countess of Ulster; grandson of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester

*March 12th, 2007, London

16

James, Earl of Wessex

Son of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh

*December 17th, 2007, Frimley Park Hospital

16

Viki Gabor

Polish singer

*July 10th, 2007, Hamburg

16

Melani García

Spanish singer

*June 10th, 2007, L'Eliana

16

Park Min-ha

South Korean actress

*July 2nd, 2007, Grupo

17

Cailey Fleming

American actress

*March 25th, 2007, Picayune

17

Ana Paula Martínez

Mexican actress

*February 22nd, 2007, Mexico City

16

Aubrey Anderson-Emmons

American child actress

*June 6th, 2007, Santa Monica

17

Quan Hongchan

Chinese diver (2007-)

*March 28th, 2007, Zhanjiang

17

Stacey Fru

Child Author and Philanthropist

*February 16th, 2007, Johannesburg

17

Lalla Khadija of Morocco

Moroccan royal

*February 28th, 2007, Rabat

16

DJ Switch

Young Ghanaian female disk jockey

*December 12th, 2007, Dadieso

16

Momiji Nishiya

Japanese street skateboarder (2007-)

*August 30th, 2007, Matsubara

16

Ruhanika Dhawan

Indian actress

*September 25th, 2007, Delhi

16

Adeliia Petrosian

Russian figure skater

*June 5th, 2007, Moscow

16

Alexander James Rodriguez

British actor

*June 12th, 2007, Marbella

17

Claire Weinstein

American swimmer

*March 1st, 2007, White Plains

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Public holidays on August 21st

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

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Born on August 21st, 2007
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2007 is a normal year and no leap year.

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