August 21st, 2017

Born on August 21st, 2017

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 21st, 2017?

August 21st, 2017

A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_21,_2017

What else 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.

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

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

35

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

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

39

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

39

Eve Torres

American actress, dancer, model and professional wrestler

*August 21st, 1984, Boston

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

34

Hayden Panettiere

American actress, model, singer, and activist

*August 21st, 1989, Palisades

60

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

42

Cameron Winklevoss

American rower

*August 21st, 1981, Southampton

25

Madeleine Egle

Austrian luge athlete

*August 21st, 1998, Hall in Tirol

60

Mohammed

King of Morocco since 1999

*August 21st, 1963, Rabat

37

Romano Battisti

Italian rower

*August 21st, 1986, Priverno

Same year
Born in 2017

6

Prince Gabriel, Duke of Dalarna

Younger son of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden

*August 31st, 2017, Danderyd Hospital

6

Alana Martina dos Santos Aveiro

Daughter of Cristiano Ronaldo

*November 12th, 2017, Madrid

6

Tunku Iskandar Abdul Jalil Abu Bakar Ibrahim

His Highness Raja Muda of Johor

*October 14th, 2017, Sultanah Aminah Hospital

6

Sir Carter

Son of Beyoncé and Jay-Z

*June 13th, 2017, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

6

Rumi Carter

Daughter of Beyoncé and Jay-Z

*June 13th, 2017, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

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Born on August 21st, 2017
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2017 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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