August 21st, 2009

Born on August 21st, 2009

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

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

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

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

39

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

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 2009

15

Julia Butters

American actress

*April 15th, 2009, Los Angeles

14

Kim Kang-hoon

South Korean actor

*June 7th, 2009, Cheongju

14

Samaya Clark Gabriel

American basketball player

*October 1st, 2009, Brooklyn

14

Heo Yool

South Korean actress

*August 26th, 2009, South Korea

14

Leanne Bautista

Filipino child actress

*October 14th, 2009, Philippines

14

Kler Çaku

Albanian chess player

*November 30th, 2009, Shkodër

14

Fairooj Labiba

Bangladeshi singer

*June 13th, 2009, Khulna

14

Alihan Türkdemir

Turkish actor

*June 29th, 2009, Istanbul

14

Count Henrik of Monpezat

Danish former prince; son of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark

*May 4th, 2009, Rigshospitalet

15

Suleman octuplets

Six male and two female children conceived via in vitro fertilization

*January 26th, 2009, Bellflower

15

Moon Woo-jin

South Korean television and film actor

*February 19th, 2009, Incheon

15

Hend Zaza

Syrian table tennis player

*January 1st, 2009, Hama

15

Isabella Damla Güvenilir

American-Turkish actress

*January 18th, 2009, New York City

15

Valentina Tronel

French singer

*April 6th, 2009, Rennes

14

Lee Go-eun

South Korean actress

*November 6th, 2009, Incheon

12

Tomiii 11

Chilean YouTuber

*June 13th, 2009, Quinta de Tilcoco †August 30th, 2021, Quinta de Tilcoco

14

Temilayo Abodunrin

Nigerian saxophonist and song writer

*November 19th, 2009, Lagos

14

Lina Renna

Canadian actress

*April 25th, 2009, Canada

15

Seraphina Affleck

American actress and producer

*January 6th, 2009, Los Angeles

15

Ava Grace Cooper

Canadian actress

*March 2nd, 2009, Canada

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Born on August 21st, 2009
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2009 is a normal year and no leap year.

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