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{{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[959]] – [[Eraclus]] becomes the 25th [[bishop of Liège]]. *[[1140]] – [[Song dynasty]] general [[Yue Fei]] defeats an army led by [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] general [[Wuzhu]] at the [[Battle of Yancheng]] during the [[Jin–Song Wars]]. *[[1169]] – [[Battle of the Blacks]]: Uprising by the [[black African]] forces of the Fatimid army, along with a number of Egyptian emirs and commoners, against [[Saladin]].<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Lyons | first1 = Malcolm Cameron | last2 = Jackson | first2 = D. E. P. | year = 1982 | title = Saladin: The Politics of the Holy War | publisher = Cambridge University Press | location = Cambridge | url = {{Gbooks|hGR5M0druJIC|plainurl=yes}} | isbn = 0-521-31739-8 | pages = 34–36}}.</ref> *[[1192]] – [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] becomes ''[[Shōgun|Sei-i Taishōgun]]'' and the ''[[de facto]]'' ruler of Japan. (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: the 12th day of the seventh month in the third year of the Kenkyū (建久) era).<ref>{{cite book|author=Kan'ichi Asakawa|title=荘園硏究: Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IfvsAAAAMAAJ|year=1965|publisher=Japan Society for the Promotion of Science|page=280}}</ref> *[[1331]] – King [[Stefan Dečanski|Stefan Uroš III]], after [[Serbian civil war of 1331|months of anarchy]], surrenders to his son and rival [[Stefan Dušan]], who succeeds as [[Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)|King of Serbia]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Frank Northen Magill|author2=Alison Aves|title=Dictionary of World Biography: The Middle Ages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CurSh3Sh_KMC&pg=PA843|year=1998|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-57958-041-4|pages=843}}</ref> *[[1415]] – [[Henry the Navigator]] leads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at the [[Conquest of Ceuta]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Aileen Gallagher|title=Prince Henry, the Navigator: Pioneer of Modern Exploration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UYUVGuifR4EC&pg=PA38|year=2003|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8239-3621-2|pages=38}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1680]] – [[Puebloan peoples|Pueblo Indians]] capture [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] from the Spanish during the [[Pueblo Revolt]]. *[[1689]] – The [[Battle of Dunkeld]] in Scotland.<ref name=BTL32>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL32|desc=Battle of Dunkeld|access-date=19 June 2020}}</ref> *[[1716]] – [[Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War]]: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the [[Battle of Petrovaradin]] force the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] to abandon the [[Siege of Corfu (1716)|Siege of Corfu]], thus preserving the [[Ionian Islands]] under [[Republic of Venice|Venetian rule]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Chasiotis | first=Ioannis | chapter = Η κάμψη της Οθωμανικής δυνάμεως |trans-chapter=The decline of Ottoman power | pages = 8–51 | script-title=el:Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος ΙΑ′: Ο ελληνισμός υπό ξένη κυριαρχία, 1669–1821 |trans-title=History of the Greek Nation, Volume XI: Hellenism under foreign rule, 1669–1821 | location = Athens | year = 1975 | publisher = Ekdotiki Athinon | language = el}}</ref> *[[1770]] – [[James Cook]] formally claims eastern Australia for [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]], naming it [[New South Wales]]. *[[1772]] – King [[Gustav III of Sweden|Gustav III]] completes his [[coup d'état]] by adopting a new [[Swedish Constitution of 1772|Constitution]], ending [[Age of Liberty|half a century of parliamentary rule]] in Sweden and installing himself as an [[Enlightened absolutism|enlightened despot]]. *[[1778]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: British forces [[Siege of Pondicherry (1778)|begin besieging]] the French outpost at [[Puducherry (union territory)|Pondichéry]]. *[[1791]] – A [[Bois Caïman|Vodou ceremony]], led by [[Dutty Boukman]], turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the [[Haitian Revolution]]. *[[1808]] – [[Battle of Vimeiro]]: [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] and [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] forces led by General [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]] defeat [[French Armed Forces|French]] force under Major-General [[Jean-Andoche Junot]] near the village of [[Vimeiro]], Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the [[Peninsular War]]. *[[1810]] – [[Charles XIV John of Sweden|Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte]], [[Marshal of France]], is elected [[Crown prince|Crown Prince]] of Sweden by the Swedish [[Riksdag of the Estates]]. *[[1821]] – [[Jarvis Island]] is discovered by the crew of the ship, ''Eliza Frances''. *[[1831]] – [[Nat Turner]] leads black slaves and free blacks in [[Nat Turner's slave rebellion|a rebellion]] in [[Southampton County, Virginia]], which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites and about twice that number of blacks.<ref>{{cite web|website=This Day in Alternate History|title=August 21, 1831 – Nat Turner Begins his Slave Exodus|url=http://thisdayinalternatehistory.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-21-1831-nat-turner-begins-his.html|date=August 21, 2010|access-date=July 29, 2019}}</ref> *[[1852]] – [[Tlingit|Tlingit Indians]] destroy [[Fort Selkirk]], [[Yukon Territory]]. *[[1858]] – The first of the [[Lincoln–Douglas debates]] is held in [[Ottawa, Illinois]].<ref>[https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/debate1.htm "First Debate: Ottawa, Illinois."] ''NPS.gov''. 21 August 2019.</ref> *[[1862]] – The [[Stadtpark, Vienna|Stadtpark]], the first public park in [[Vienna]], opens to the public.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stadtpark |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/english/environment/parks/stadtpark.html |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=City of Vienna}}</ref> *[[1863]] – [[Lawrence, Kansas]] is [[Lawrence massacre|destroyed]] by [[Confederate States of America|pro-Confederate guerrillas]] known as [[Quantrill's Raiders]]. *[[1878]] – The [[American Bar Association]] is founded in [[Saratoga Springs]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kaplan |first1=Howard |last2=Middleton |first2=Tiffany Willey |title=ABA Timeline |url=https://www.americanbar.org/about_the_aba/timeline/ |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=[[American Bar Association]]}}</ref> *[[1879]] – The locals of [[Knock, County Mayo]], [[Ireland]] [[Knock Shrine#Apparition|report their having seen an apparition]] of the [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Virgin Mary]]. The apparition is later named [[Knock Shrine|“Our Lady of Knock”]] and the spot transformed into a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] pilgrimage site.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} Knock Shrine |url=https://www.knockshrine.ie/history/ |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=Knock Shrine: Ireland's International Eucharistic and Marian Shrine}}</ref> *[[1883]] – [[1883 Rochester tornado|An F5 tornado]] strikes [[Rochester, Minnesota]], leading to the creation of the [[Mayo Clinic]]. *[[1888]] – The first successful [[adding machine]] in the United States is patented by [[William Seward Burroughs I|William Seward Burroughs]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – Six hundred American school teachers, [[Thomasites]], arrived in [[Manila]] on the [[USAT Thomas]]. *[[1911]] – The ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' is [[art theft|stolen]] by [[Vincenzo Peruggia]], a [[Musée du Louvre|Louvre]] employee.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stolen: How the Mona Lisa Became the World's Most Famous Painting |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/stolen-how-the-mona-lisa-became-the-worlds-most-famous-painting-16406234/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref> *[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: The [[Battle of Charleroi]], a successful German attack across the River [[Sambre]] that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area. *[[1918]] – World War I: The [[Second Battle of the Somme (1918)|Second Battle of the Somme]] begins. *[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Guadalcanal Campaign]]: American forces defeat an attack by [[Imperial Japanese Army]] soldiers in the [[Battle of the Tenaru]]. *[[1944]] – [[Dumbarton Oaks Conference]], prelude to the [[United Nations]], begins. * 1944 – World War II: Canadian and Polish units [[Operation Tractable|capture]] the strategically important town of [[Falaise, Calvados]], France. *[[1945]] – Physicist [[Harry Daghlian]] is fatally irradiated in a [[criticality accident]] during an experiment with the [[Demon core]] at [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]]. *[[1957]] – The [[Soviet Union]] successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the [[R-7 Semyorka]], the first [[intercontinental ballistic missile]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=16 |lccn=2008935694}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by [[Hawaii Admission Day]]. *[[1963]] – [[Xá Lợi Pagoda raids]]: The [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces]] loyal to [[Ngô Đình Nhu]], brother of President [[Ngo Dinh Diem]], vandalizes [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead. *[[1965]] – The [[Socialist Republic of Romania]] is proclaimed, following the adoption of [[1965 Constitution of Romania|a new constitution]].<ref>{{cite web |title=CONSTITUŢIA REPUBLICII SOCIALISTE ROMÂNIA *** Republicată |url=https://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/14938 |website=legislatie.just.ro |access-date=24 June 2022}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Cold War]]: [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]], leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania, publicly condemns the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-led [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia]], encouraging the [[Romanians|Romanian]] population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals. * 1968 – [[James Anderson Jr.]] posthumously receives the first [[Medal of Honor]] to be awarded to an [[African American]] [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine]]. *[[1971]] – A bomb exploded in the [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal Party]] campaign rally in [[Plaza Miranda bombing|Plaza Miranda]], [[Manila]], [[Philippines]] with several anti-[[Ferdinand Marcos|Marcos]] political candidates injured. *[[1982]] – [[Lebanese Civil War]]: The first troops of a [[Multinational Force in Lebanon|multinational force]] lands in [[Beirut]] to oversee the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]]'s withdrawal from [[Lebanon]]. *[[1983]] – Philippine opposition leader [[Benigno Aquino Jr.]] is [[Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr.|assassinated]] at Manila International Airport (now renamed ''[[Ninoy Aquino International Airport]]'' in his honor). *[[1986]] – Carbon dioxide gas erupts from [[volcano|volcanic]] [[Lake Nyos]] in [[Cameroon]], killing up to 1,800 people within a {{convert|20|km|adj=on}} range. *[[1988]] – The 6.9 {{M|w}} [[1988 Nepal earthquake|Nepal earthquake]] shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured. *[[1991]] – [[Latvia]] declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.<ref>{{cite web |title=Latvia {{!}} History - Geography |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Latvia |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1991 – [[1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt|Coup attempt]] against [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] collapses. *[[1993]] – [[NASA]] loses contact with the [[Mars Observer]] spacecraft. *[[1994]] – [[Royal Air Maroc Flight 630]] crashes in Douar Izounine, [[Morocco]], killing all 44 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19940821-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident ATR 42-312 CN-CDT Tizounine|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-08-01}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529]], an [[Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia]], attempts to divert to [[West Georgia Regional Airport]] after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in [[Carroll County, Georgia|Carroll County]] near [[Carrollton, Georgia]], killing nine of the 29 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950821-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia N256AS Carrollton, GA|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-07-25}}</ref> *[[2000]] – American golfer [[Tiger Woods]] wins the 82nd [[PGA Championship]] and becomes the first golfer since [[Ben Hogan]] in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year. *[[2013]] – Hundreds of people are reported killed by [[Ghouta chemical attack|chemical attacks]] in the [[Ghouta]] region of [[Syria]]. *[[2017]] – [[Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017|A solar eclipse]] traverses the [[Contiguous United States|continental United States]]. ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1165]] – [[Philip II of France]] (d. 1223) *[[1481]] – [[Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra]] (d. 1550) *[[1535]] – [[Shimazu Yoshihiro]], Japanese general (d. 1619) *[[1552]] – [[Muhammad Qadiri]], Founder of the Naushahia branch of the Qadri order (d. 1654) *[[1567]] – [[Francis de Sales]], Swiss bishop and saint (d. 1622) *[[1579]] – [[Henri, Duke of Rohan]] (d. 1638) *[[1597]] – [[Roger Twysden]], English historian and politician (d. 1672) ===1601–1900=== *[[1625]] – [[John Claypole]], English politician (d. 1688) *[[1643]] – [[Afonso VI of Portugal]] (d. 1683) *[[1660]] – [[Hubert Gautier]], French mathematician and engineer (d. 1737) *[[1665]] – [[Giacomo F. Maraldi]], French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1729) *[[1670]] – [[James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick]], French general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire]] (d. 1734) *[[1725]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Greuze]], French painter and educator (d. 1805) *[[1754]] – [[William Murdoch]], Scottish engineer and inventor, created [[gas lighting]] (d. 1839) * 1754 – [[Banastre Tarleton]], English general and politician (d. 1833) *[[1765]] – [[William IV of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1837) *[[1787]] – [[John Owen (North Carolina politician)|John Owen]], American governor of North Carolina (d. 1841)<ref>{{cite book|title=Governor John Owen Family Bible Records|url=https://digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Detail/governor-john-owen-family-bible-records/1348382?item=1348384|via=Digital Collections of the [[State Archives of North Carolina]] and the [[State Library of North Carolina]]}}</ref> *[[1789]] – [[Augustin-Louis Cauchy]], French mathematician and academic (d. 1857) *[[1798]] – [[Jules Michelet]], French historian and philosopher (d. 1874) *[[1800]] – [[Hiram Walden]], American general and politician (d. 1880) *[[1801]] – [[Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer]], Dutch historian and politician (d. 1876) *[[1813]] – [[Jean Stas]], Belgian chemist and physician (d. 1891) *[[1816]] – [[Charles Frédéric Gerhardt]], French chemist and academic (d. 1856) *[[1823]] – [[Nathaniel Everett Green]], English painter and astronomer (d. 1899) *[[1826]] – [[Carl Gegenbaur]], German anatomist and academic (d. 1903) *[[1829]] – [[Otto Goldschmidt]], German composer, conductor and pianist (d. 1907) *[[1840]] – [[Ferdinand Hamer]], Dutch bishop and missionary (d. 1900) *[[1851]] – [[Charles Barrois]], French geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |page=62 |title=Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Biographical Index Part One |access-date=2015-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919152306/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1856]] – [[Medora de Vallombrosa, Marquise de Morès]], American heiress (d. 1921) *[[1858]] – [[Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria]] (d. 1889) *[[1862]] – [[Emilio Salgari]], Italian journalist and author (d. 1911) *[[1869]] – [[William Henry Ogilvie]], Scottish-Australian poet and author (d. 1963) *[[1872]] – [[Aubrey Beardsley]], English author and illustrator (d. 1898)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Crawford |first1=Alan |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |chapter=Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent (1872–1898), illustrator |page=<!-- online, no page numbers -->|date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/1821 |doi-access=free}}</ref> *[[1878]] – [[Richard Girulatis]], German footballer and manager (d. 1963) *[[1879]] – [[Claude Grahame-White]], English pilot and engineer (d. 1959) *[[1884]] – [[Chandler Egan]], American golfer and architect (d. 1936) *[[1885]] – [[Édouard Fabre]], Canadian runner (d. 1939) *[[1886]] – [[Ruth Manning-Sanders]], Welsh-English author and poet (d. 1988) *[[1887]] – [[James Paul Moody]], English sailor (d. 1912) *[[1891]] – [[Emiliano Mercado del Toro]], Puerto Rican-American soldier (d. 2007) *[[1892]] – [[Charles Vanel]], French actor and director (d. 1989) *[[1894]] – [[Christian Schad]], German painter (d. 1982) *[[1895]] – [[Blossom Rock]], American actress (d. 1978) *[[1897]] – [[Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott]], Scottish soldier and peer (d. 1966) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Angel Karaliychev]], Bulgarian author (d. 1972) *[[1903]] – [[Kostas Giannidis]], Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1984) *[[1904]] – [[Count Basie]], American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1984) *[[1905]] – [[Bipin Gupta]], Indian actor and producer (d. 1981) *[[1906]] – [[Friz Freleng]], American animator, director, and producer (d. 1995) *[[1907]] – [[P. Jeevanandham]], Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1963) *[[1909]] – [[Nikolay Bogolyubov]], Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1992) *[[1912]] – [[Toe Blake]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995) *[[1914]] – [[Doug Wright (cricketer)|Doug Wright]], English cricketer and coach (d. 1998) *[[1916]] – [[Bill Lee (singer)|Bill Lee]], American actor and singer (d. 1980) * 1916 – [[Consuelo Velázquez]], Mexican pianist and songwriter (d. 2005) *[[1917]] – [[Leonid Hurwicz]], Russian economist and mathematician (d. 2008) *[[1918]] – [[Billy Reay]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2004) *[[1921]] – [[Reuven Feuerstein]], Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic (d. 2014) *[[1922]] – [[Albert Irvin]], English soldier and painter (d. 2015) *[[1923]] – [[Keith Allen (ice hockey)|Keith Allen]], Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2014) *[[1924]] – [[Jack Buck]], American sportscaster (d. 2002) * 1924 – [[Jack Weston]], American actor (d. 1996) *[[1926]] – [[Can Yücel]], Turkish poet and translator (d. 1999) *[[1927]] – [[Thomas S. Monson]], American religious leader, 16th [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (d. 2018) *[[1928]] – [[Addison Farmer]], American bassist (d. 1963) * 1928 – [[Art Farmer]], American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999) * 1928 – [[Bud McFadin]], American football player (d. 2006) *[[1929]] – [[Herman Badillo]], Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (d. 2014) * 1929 – [[X. J. Kennedy]], American poet, translator, anthologist, editor * 1929 – [[Ahmed Kathrada]], South African politician and political prisoner (d. 2017) *[[1930]] – [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon]] (d. 2002)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Aug. 21: Kim Cattrall, Loretta Devine |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/08/21/Famous-birthdays-for-Aug-21-Kim-Cattrall-Loretta-Devine/2661660866954/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=19 August 2023 |date=21 August 2022}}</ref> * 1930 – [[Frank Perry]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995) *[[1932]] – [[Menashe Kadishman]], Israeli sculptor and painter (d. 2015) * 1932 – [[Melvin Van Peebles]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2021)<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1933]] – [[Janet Baker]], English soprano and educator * 1933 – [[Michael Dacher]], German mountaineer (d. 1994) * 1933 – [[Barry Norman]], English author and critic (d. 2017) * 1933 – [[Erik Paaske]], Danish actor and singer (d. 1992) *[[1934]] – [[Sudhakarrao Naik]], Indian lawyer and politician, 13th [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (d. 2001) * 1934 – [[Paul Panhuysen]], Dutch composer (d. 2015) *[[1936]] – [[Wilt Chamberlain]], American basketball player and coach (d. 1999)<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1936 – [[Radish Tordia]], Georgian painter and educator *[[1937]] – [[Donald Dewar]], Scottish politician, first [[First Minister of Scotland]] (d. 2000)<ref>{{cite web |last1=MacAskill |first1=Ewen |title=Donald Dewar |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/oct/11/scotlanddevolution.devolution7 |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 February 2023 |date=11 October 2000 |archive-date=9 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509053911/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/oct/11/scotlanddevolution.devolution7 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1937 – [[Gustavo Noboa]], Ecuadorian academic and politician, 51st [[List of heads of state of Ecuador|President of Ecuador]] (d. 2021) * 1937 – [[Robert Stone (novelist)|Robert Stone]], American novelist and short story writer (d. 2015) *[[1938]] – [[Steve Cowper]], American politician, 6th [[Governor of Alaska]]<ref name=Mullaney>Marie Marmo Mullaney. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gN_LGy81_iIC&dq=%22steve+cowper%22+%22governor+of+alaska%22&pg=PA13 ''Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1988-1994''], Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994. p. 13.</ref> * 1938 – [[Kenny Rogers]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1938 – [[Mike Weston]], English rugby player (d. 2023) *[[1939]] – [[James Burton]], American [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] guitarist<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1939 – [[Festus Mogae]], Botswana economist and politician, third [[President of Botswana]] * 1939 – [[Clarence Williams III]], American actor (d. 2021)<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1940]] – [[Dominick Harrod]], English journalist, historian, and author (d. 2013) * 1940 – [[Endre Szemerédi]], Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist *[[1941]] – [[Jackie DeShannon]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1943]] – [[Patrick Demarchelier]], French photographer (d. 2022) * 1943 – [[Jonathan Schell]], American journalist and author (d. 2014) * 1943 – [[Lucius Shepard]], American author and critic (d. 2014) * 1943 – [[Hugh Wilson (director)|Hugh Wilson]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018) *[[1944]] – [[Perry Christie]], Bahamian politician, third [[Prime Minister of the Bahamas]] * 1944 – [[Peter Weir]], Australian director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1945]] – [[Basil Poledouris]], Greek-American composer, conductor<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-nov-10-me-poledouris10-story.html|title=Basil Poledouris, 61; film composer known for his bold sounds|last=Nelson|first=Valerie J.|date=2006-11-10|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-11-13|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> (d. 2006) * 1945 – [[Celia Brayfield]], English journalist and author * 1945 – [[Jerry DaVanon]], American baseball player * 1945 – [[Willie Lanier]], American football player * 1945 – [[Patty McCormack]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1947]] – [[Carl Giammarese]], American singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1949]] – [[Loretta Devine]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1949 – [[Daniel Sivan]], Israeli scholar and academic *[[1950]] – [[Patrick Juvet]], Swiss singer-songwriter and model (d. 2021) * 1950 – [[Arthur Bremer]], American attempted assassin of [[George Wallace]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Now, Arthur Bremer Is Known |work=The New York Times |date=22 May 1972 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/05/22/archives/now-arthur-bremer-is-known-now-arthur-bremer-is-known-shooting-ends.html |access-date=17 April 2024}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Eric Goles]], Chilean mathematician and computer scientist * 1951 – [[Glenn Hughes (musician)|Glenn Hughes]], English musician<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1951 – [[Yana Mintoff]], Maltese politician, economist and educator * 1951 – [[Chesley V. Morton]], American businessman and politician *[[1952]] – [[Keith Hart (wrestler)|Keith Hart]], Canadian firefighter, wrestler, and trainer * 1952 – [[Jiří Paroubek]], Czech soldier and politician, sixth [[Prime Minister of the Czech Republic]] * 1952 – [[Bernadette Porter]], English nun and educator * 1952 – [[Joe Strummer]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1953]] – [[Ivan Stang]], American author, publisher, and director *[[1954]] – [[Archie Griffin]], American football player<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1954 – [[Steve Smith (musician)|Steve Smith]], American drummer * 1954 – [[Mark Williams (singer)|Mark Williams]], New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter *[[1956]] – [[Kim Cattrall]], English-Canadian actress<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 21, 2022 includes celebrities Kacey Musgraves, Alicia Witt |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-21-2022-includes-celebrities-kacey-musgraves-alicia-witt.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=19 August 2023 |date=21 August 2022}}</ref> * 1956 – [[Jon Tester]], American farmer and politician *[[1957]] – [[Frank Pastore]], American baseball player and radio host (d. 2012) *[[1958]] – [[Steve Case]], American businessman, co-founder of [[America Online]] (AOL)<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1958 – [[Mark Williams (Australian footballer, born 1958)|Mark Williams]], Australian footballer and coach *[[1959]] – [[Anne Hobbs]], English tennis player and coach * 1959 – [[Jim McMahon]], American football player and coach *[[1961]] – [[Gerardo Barbero]], Argentinian chess player and coach (d. 2001) * 1961 – [[V. B. Chandrasekhar]], Indian cricketer and coach (d. 2019) * 1961 – [[Stephen Hillenburg]], American marine biologist, cartoonist, animator and creator of [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] (d. 2018) *[[1962]] – [[Cleo King]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1962 – [[John Korfas]], Greek-American basketball player and coach * 1962 – [[Gilberto Santa Rosa]], Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gilberto Santa Rosa Biography, Songs, & Albums |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gilberto-santa-rosa-mn0000548020/biography |access-date=October 9, 2021 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> * 1962 – [[Pete Weber (bowler)|Pete Weber]], American bowler *[[1963]] – [[Mohammed VI of Morocco]], King of [[Morocco]]<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1963 – [[Nigel Pearson]], English footballer and manager *[[1964]] – [[Gary Elkerton]], Australian surfer *[[1965]] – [[Jim Bullinger]], American baseball player *[[1966]] – [[John Wetteland]], American baseball player and coach *[[1967]] – [[Darren Bewick]], Australian footballer * 1967 – [[Charb]], French journalist and cartoonist (d. 2015)<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1967 – [[Carrie-Anne Moss]], Canadian actress<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1967 – [[Serj Tankian]], Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1968]] – [[Dina Carroll]], English singer-songwriter * 1968 – [[Goran Ćurko]], Serbian footballer * 1968 – [[Laura Trevelyan]], English journalist and author *[[1969]] – [[Bruce Anstey]], New Zealand motorcycle racer * 1969 – [[Josée Chouinard]], Canadian figure skater *[[1970]] – [[Craig Counsell]], American baseball player and coach * 1970 – [[Erik Dekker]], Dutch cyclist and manager * 1970 – [[Cathy Weseluck]], Canadian actress *[[1971]] – [[Mamadou Diallo (footballer, born 1971)|Mamadou Diallo]], Senegalese footballer * 1971 – [[Robert Harvey (footballer)|Robert Harvey]], Australian footballer and coach * 1971 – [[Liam Howlett]], English keyboard player, DJ, and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1973]] – [[Sergey Brin]], Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded [[Google]] * 1973 – [[Steve McKenna]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach *[[1974]] – [[Martin Andanar]], Filipino journalist and radio host * 1974 – [[Paul Mellor]], Australian rugby league player and referee *[[1975]] – [[Simon Katich]], Australian cricketer and manager * 1975 – [[Alicia Witt]], American actress and musician<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1976]] – [[Alex Brooks]], American ice hockey player and scout * 1976 – [[Jeff Cunningham]], Jamaican-American soccer player * 1976 – [[Robert Miles (rugby league)|Robert Miles]], Australian rugby league player * 1976 – [[Ramón Vázquez]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach *[[1978]] – [[Peter Buxton]], English rugby player and manager * 1978 – [[Reuben Droughns]], American football player and coach * 1978 – [[Lee Gronkiewicz]], American baseball player and coach * 1978 – [[Alan Lee (footballer)|Alan Lee]], Irish footballer and coach * 1978 – [[Jason Marquis]], American baseball player *[[1979]] – [[Kelis]], American singer-songwriter, producer, chef and author<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1979 – [[Diego Klattenhoff]], Canadian actor<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1980]] – [[Bryan Allen (ice hockey)|Bryan Allen]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Bryan Allen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/bryan-allen-8467332 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Burney Lamar]], American race car driver * 1980 – [[Paul Menard]], American race car driver * 1980 – [[Jasmin Wöhr]], German tennis player *[[1981]] – [[Jarrod Lyle]], Australian golfer (d. 2018) * 1981 – [[Cameron Winklevoss]], American rower and businessman, co-founded [[ConnectU]] * 1981 – [[Tyler Winklevoss]], American rower and businessman, co-founded [[ConnectU]] * 1981 – [[Ross Thomas (actor)|Ross Thomas]], American actor *[[1982]] – [[Jason Eaton]], New Zealand rugby player * 1982 – [[Omar Sachedina]], Canadian television journalist, correspondent, and news anchor *[[1983]] – [[Brody Jenner]], American television personality and model<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1983 – [[Scott McDonald]], Australian footballer *[[1984]] – [[Neil Dexter]], South African cricketer * 1984 – [[Melvin Upton, Jr.]], American baseball player * 1984 – [[Alizée]], French singer <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rfimusique.com/siteEn/biographie/biographie_7006.asp | title=ALIZÉE | publisher=RFI Musique | date=July 2003 | access-date=15 January 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060219165901/http://www.rfimusique.com/siteEn/biographie/biographie_7006.asp | archive-date=19 February 2006 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Nicolás Almagro]], Spanish tennis player * 1985 – [[Aleksandra Kiryashova]], Russian pole vaulter *[[1986]] – [[Usain Bolt]], Jamaican sprinter<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1986 – [[Wout Brama]], Dutch footballer * 1986 – [[Koki Sakamoto]], Japanese gymnast * 1986 – [[Brooks Wheelan]], American comedian and actor<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1987]] – [[DeWanna Bonner]], American-Macedonian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=DeWanna Bonner |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/201886/dewanna-bonner |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Cody Kasch]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1987 – [[J. D. Martinez]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=J. D. Martinez |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/j-d-martinez-502110 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Jodie Meeks]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Jodie Meeks |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201975/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Robert Lewandowski]], Polish footballer * 1988 – [[Joanna Mitrosz]], Polish rhythmic gymnast<ref>{{cite web|title= Joanna Mitrosz - Olympedia|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/116843|publisher=Olympedia|access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Kacey Musgraves]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1989]] – [[Charlison Benschop]], Dutch footballer * 1989 – [[James Davey (rugby league)|James Davey]], English rugby league player * 1989 – [[Matteo Gentili]], Italian footballer * 1989 – [[Hayden Panettiere]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1989 – [[Aleix Vidal]], Spanish footballer *[[1990]] – [[Bo Burnham]], American comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker and poet<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1990 – [[Christian Vázquez]], Puerto Rican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Christian Vázquez |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/christian-vazquez-543877 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Leandro Bacuna]], Dutch footballer * 1991 – [[Jesse Rutherford (singer)|Jesse Rutherford]], American singer and songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Jesse Rutherford |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jesse-rutherford/1470030274 |website=Apple Music |access-date=August 20, 2024}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Brandon Drury]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandon Drury |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/brandon-drury-592273 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref> * 1992 – [[RJ Mitte]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1992 – [[Felipe Nasr]], Brazilian race car driver *[[1993]] – [[Millie Bright]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Millie Bright |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/teams/profile/millie-bright |publisher=[[Chelsea F.C.]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Mike Evans (wide receiver)|Mike Evans]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Evans |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16737/mike-evans |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Alexandra Cooper]], American podcaster<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cuevas |first1=Jailene |title=Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper 'looking for a sponsor' for two-day 30th birthday party with A-list guests |url=https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/alex-cooper-30-birthday-party-642851 |website=themirror.com |date=13 August 2024 |access-date=August 20, 2024}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu]], British-Turkish reality television personality, actress and model *[[1995]] – [[Dominik Kubalík]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dominik Kubalik |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/dominik-kubalik-8477330 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Karolína Muchová]], Czech tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karolina Muchova {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/322191/karolina-muchova |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Maxim Knight]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[2000]] – [[Corbin Carroll]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Corbin Carroll Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carroco02.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this day in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[672]] – [[Emperor Kōbun]] of Japan (b. 648) * [[784]] – [[Alberic of Utrecht|Alberic]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht|Utrecht]] * [[913]] – [[Tang Daoxi]], Chinese general *[[1131]] – King [[Baldwin II of Jerusalem]] *[[1148]] – [[William II, Count of Nevers]] (b. c. 1089) *[[1157]] – [[Alfonso VII of León and Castile]] (b. 1105) *[[1245]] – [[Alexander of Hales]], English theologian *[[1271]] – [[Alphonse, Count of Poitiers]] (b. 1220) *[[1534]] – [[Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam]], 44th Grandmaster of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] (b. 1464) *[[1568]] – [[Jean Parisot de Valette]], 49th [[Grand Master (order)|Grandmaster]] of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] (b. 1495) ===1601–1900=== *[[1614]] – [[Elizabeth Báthory]], Hungarian countess and purported serial killer (b. 1560)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Bathory {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-Bathory |website=Britannica |first1=Richard |last1=Pallardy |access-date=21 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1622]] – [[Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana]], Spanish poet and politician (b. 1582) *[[1627]] – [[Jacques Mauduit]], French composer and academic (b. 1557) *[[1673]] – [[Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford]], English soldier (b. 1599) *[[1689]] – [[William Cleland (poet)|William Cleland]], Scottish poet and soldier (b. 1661)<ref name=BTL32/> *[[1762]] – [[Lady Mary Wortley Montagu]], English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1689) *[[1763]] – [[Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]] (b. 1710) *[[1775]] – [[Zahir al-Umar]], Arabian ruler (b. 1690) *[[1796]] – [[John McKinly]], American physician and politician, first [[Governor of Delaware]] (b. 1721) *[[1814]] – [[Benjamin Thompson]], American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753) *[[1835]] – [[John MacCulloch]], Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773) *[[1836]] – [[Claude-Louis Navier]], French physicist and engineer (b. 1785) *[[1838]] – [[Adelbert von Chamisso]], German botanist and poet (b. 1781) *[[1853]] – [[Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon]], French general (b. 1783) *[[1854]] – [[Thomas Clayton]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1777) *[[1867]] – [[Juan Álvarez]], Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/juan-alvarez/|title=Juan Álvarez |publisher=Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico|language=es|access-date=May 27, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190706072306/http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx:80/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/juan-alvarez |archive-date= Jul 6, 2019 }}</ref> *[[1870]] – [[Ma Xinyi]], Chinese general and politician, [[Viceroy of Liangjiang]] (b. 1821) *[[1888]] – [[James Farnell]], Australian politician, eighth [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1825) ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – [[Alexander von Oettingen]], Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827) *[[1910]] – [[Bertalan Székely]], Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835) *[[1911]] – [[Mahboob Ali Khan]], sixth [[Nizam]] of [[Hyderabad State]] (b. 1866)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/hyderabad-remembers-mahbub-ali-pasha-1.1889879 |website=Gulf News |date= September 2, 2016 |first1=Mohammad |last1=Siddique |title=Hyderabad remembers Mahbub Ali Pasha|access-date=1 July 2020}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Laurence Doherty]], English tennis player (b. 1875) *[[1935]] – [[John Hartley (tennis)|John Hartley]], English tennis player (b. 1849) *[[1940]] – [[Hermann Obrecht]], Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882) * 1940 – [[Ernest Thayer]], American poet and author (b. 1863) * 1940 – [[Leon Trotsky]], Russian theorist and politician, founded the [[Red Army]] (b. 1879) *[[1943]] – [[Henrik Pontoppidan]], Danish journalist and author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1857) *[[1947]] – [[Ettore Bugatti]], Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded [[Bugatti]] (b. 1881) *[[1951]] – [[Constant Lambert]], English composer and conductor (b. 1905) *[[1957]] – [[Mait Metsanurk]], Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879) * 1957 – [[Nels Stewart]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902) * 1957 – [[Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer)|Harald Sverdrup]], Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888) *[[1960]] – [[David B. Steinman]], American engineer, designed the [[Mackinac Bridge]] (b. 1886) *[[1964]] – [[Palmiro Togliatti]], Italian journalist and politician, [[Italian Minister of Justice]] (b. 1893) *[[1968]] – [[Germaine Guèvremont]], Canadian journalist and author (b. 1893)<ref>{{cite book|first=Kathleen|last=Kuiper|title=Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature|location=Springfield|publisher=Merriam-Webster|year=1995|isbn=978-0-87779-042-6|page=498}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[George Jackson (Black Panther)|George Jackson]], American activist and author, co-founded the [[Black Guerrilla Family]] (b. 1941) *[[1974]] – [[Buford Pusser]], American police officer (b. 1937) * 1974 – [[Kirpal Singh]], Indian spiritual master (b. 1894) *[[1978]] – [[Charles and Ray Eames|Charles Eames]], American architect, co-designed the [[Eames House]] (b. 1907) *[[1979]] – [[Giuseppe Meazza]], Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910) *[[1981]] – [[Kaka Kalelkar]], Indian Hindi Writer(b. 1885) *[[1983]] – [[Benigno Aquino Jr.]], Filipino journalist and politician (b. 1932) *[[1988]] – [[Teodoro de Villa Diaz]], Filipino guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963) * 1988 – [[Charles and Ray Eames|Ray Eames]], American architect, co-designed the [[Eames House]] (b. 1912) *[[1989]] – [[Raul Seixas]], Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1945) *[[1993]] – [[Tatiana Troyanos]], American soprano and actress (b. 1938) *[[1995]] – [[Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar]], Indian-American astrophysicist and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1910) * 1995 – [[Chuck Stevenson]], American race car driver (b. 1919) *[[1996]] – [[Mary Two-Axe Earley]], Canadian indigenous women's rights activist (b. 1911)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robinson|first=Amanda|date=March 23, 2017|title=Mary Two-Axe Earley|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mary-two-axe-earley|access-date=2020-09-06|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Tomata du Plenty]], American singer-songwriter and playwright (b. 1948) * 2000 – [[Daniel Lisulo]], Zambian politician, third [[Prime Minister of Zambia]] (b. 1930) * 2000 – [[Andrzej Zawada]], Polish mountaineer and author (b. 1928) *[[2001]] – [[Calum MacKay (ice hockey)|Calum MacKay]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927) *[[2003]] – [[John Coplans]], British artist (b. 1920) * 2003 – [[Kathy Wilkes]], English philosopher and academic (b. 1946) *[[2004]] – [[Sachidananda Routray]], Indian Oriya-language poet (b. 1916) *[[2005]] – [[Martin Dillon (musician)|Martin Dillon]], American tenor and educator (b. 1957) * 2005 – [[Robert Moog]], American businessman, founded [[Moog Music]] (b. 1934) * 2005 – [[Dahlia Ravikovitch]], Israeli poet and translator (b. 1936) *[[2005]] – [[Marcus Schmuck]], Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925) *[[2006]] – [[Bismillah Khan]], Indian musician, [[Bharat Ratna]] recipient (b. 1916) *[[2006]] – [[Paul Fentener van Vlissingen]], Dutch businessman and philanthropist (b. 1941) *[[2007]] – [[Frank Bowe]], American academic (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2007 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787639952 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000010830/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=450b0273 |access-date=30 January 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Frank Bowe }}</ref> * 2007 – [[Siobhan Dowd]], British author (b. 1960) * 2007 – [[Elizabeth P. Hoisington]], American general (b. 1918) *[[2008]] – [[Jerry Finn]], American engineer and producer (b. 1969) *[[2009]] – [[Rex Shelley]], Singaporean engineer and author (b. 1930) *[[2010]] – [[Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill]], Argentinean sociologist and author (b. 1941) *[[2012]] – [[Georg Leber]], German soldier and politician, [[Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)|Federal Minister of Defence for Germany]] (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[J. Frank Raley Jr.]], American soldier and politician (b. 1926) * 2012 – [[Don Raleigh]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926) * 2012 – [[Guy Spitaels]], Belgian academic and politician, seventh [[Minister-President of Wallonia]] (b. 1931) * 2012 – [[William Thurston]], American mathematician and academic (b. 1946) *[[2013]] – [[Jean Berkey]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1938) * 2013 – [[Sid Bernstein (impresario)|Sid Bernstein]], American record producer (b. 1918) * 2013 – [[C. Gordon Fullerton]], American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=John |title=Japanese Missions to the International Space Station: Hope from the East |date=2019 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham, Switzerland |isbn=9783030045340 |page=223}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Fred Martin (footballer, born 1929)|Fred Martin]], Scottish footballer (b. 1929) * 2013 – [[Enos Nkala]], Zimbabwean politician, [[Ministry of Defence (Zimbabwe)|Zimbabwean Minister of Defence]] (b. 1932) *[[2014]] – [[Gerry Anderson (broadcaster)|Gerry Anderson]], Irish radio and television host (b. 1944) * 2014 – [[Helen Bamber]], English psychotherapist and academic (b. 1925) * 2014 – [[Steven R. Nagel]], American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1946) * 2014 – [[Jean Redpath]], Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1937) * 2014 – [[Albert Reynolds]], Irish businessman and politician, ninth [[Taoiseach|Taoiseach of Ireland]] (b. 1932) *[[2015]] – [[Colin Beyer]], New Zealand lawyer and businessman (b. 1938) * 2015 – [[Wang Dongxing]], Chinese commander and politician (b. 1916) * 2015 – [[Jimmy Evert]], American tennis player and coach (b. 1924) *[[2017]] – [[Bajram Rexhepi]], First Kosovan Prime Ministers of UN mission administration in Kosovo (b. 1954) *[[2018]] – [[Stefán Karl Stefánsson]], Icelandic actor and singer (b. 1975)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.frettabladid.is/frettir/stefan-karl-stefansson-er-latinn|title=Stefán Karl Stefánsson er látinn|author1=Þórarinn Þórarinsson|date=21 August 2018|work=[[Fréttablaðið]]|access-date=21 August 2018|language=is}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Celso Piña]], Mexican singer, composer, arranger, and accordionist (b. 1953)<ref>{{citation |newspaper=La Jornanda|title=Fallece Celso Piña, 'El rebelde del acordeón'|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/espectaculos/2019/08/21/fallece-el-celso-pina-3238.html|date=August 21, 2019|access-date=August 21, 2019 |language=es|trans-title=Celso Piña, 'the Rebel of the Accordion,' dies}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Nell McCafferty]], Northern Irish journalist, playwright and civil rights campaigner (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Holland |first1=Kitty |last2=McClements |first2=Freya |title=Nell McCafferty: journalist and feminist campaigner dies aged 80 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/08/21/nell-mccafferty-journalist-and-feminist-campaigner-dies-aged-80/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Bill Pascrell]], American politician (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shen |first=Michelle |date=2024-08-21 |title=Longtime New Jersey Rep. Bill Pascrell dies at age 87 {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/21/politics/new-jersey-rep-bill-pascrell-dies/index.html |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[John Amos]], American actor (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |date=2024-10-01 |title=John Amos, 'Good Times' Dad and 'Roots' Actor, Dies at 84 |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/obituaries-people-news/john-amos-dead-good-times-roots-1236161810/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. --> ==Holidays and observances== * Christian [[Calendar of saints|Feast Day]]: ** [[Abraham of Smolensk]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]]) ** [[Euprepius of Verona]] ** [[Maximilian of Antioch]] ** [[Knock Shrine|Our Lady of Knock]] ** [[Pope Pius X]] ** [[Sidonius Apollinaris]] ** [[August 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] * [[Ninoy Aquino Day]] ([[Philippines]]) * [[Youth Day]] ([[Morocco]]) * [[World Senior Citizen's Day]]<ref>{{cite news |title=World Senior Citizens Day: All you need to know about age-related macular degeneration |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/health/article/world-senior-citizens-day-age-related-macular-degeneration-symptoms-causes-treatment-prevention/272896 |publisher=[[Times Now]] |date=August 21, 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/21 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=21}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/21 |title=Historical Events on August 21 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:August 21}} [[Category:Days of August]]
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