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August 21st, 2007 (August 21 2007) | Event | Hurricane Dean makes its first landfall in Costa Maya, Mexico with winds at 165 mph. Dean is the first storm since Hurricane Andrew to make landfall as a Category 5. | |
August 21st, 2007 (August 21 2007) | Death | Siobhan Dowd, British/Irish writer (born in 1960) | |
August 21st, 2007 (August 21 2007) | Death | Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American Brigadier General (born in 1918) | |
August 21st, 2007 (August 21 2007) | Death | Haley Paige, American pornographic actress (born in 1981) | |
August 21st, 2006 (August 21 2006) | Death | Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philanthropist (born in 1941) | |
August 21st, 2006 (August 21 2006) | Death | Ustad Bismillah Khan, Indian musician (born in 1916) | |
August 21st, 2005 (August 21 2005) | Death | Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (born in 1925) | |
August 21st, 2005 (August 21 2005) | Death | Robert Moog, American pioneer of electronic music (born in 1934) | |
August 21st, 2005 (August 21 2005) | Death | Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (born in 1936) | |
August 21st, 2005 (August 21 2005) | Death | Martin Dillon, tenor, American opera singer (born in 1957) | |
August 21st, 2003 (August 21 2003) | Death | Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher and aid worker (born in 1946) | Philo Quotes |
August 21st, 2003 (August 21 2003) | Death | Wesley Willis, American musician (born in 1963) | |
August 21st, 2001 (August 21 2001) | Event | NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. | |
August 21st, 2001 (August 21 2001) | Event | The Red Cross announces that a famine is striking Tajikistan, and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. | |
August 21st, 2001 (August 21 2001) | Death | Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1927) | |
August 21st, 2000 (August 21 2000) | Death | Daniel Lisulo, Prime Minister of Zambia (born in 1930) | |
August 21st, 1997 (August 21 1997) | Death | Yuri Nikulin, Russian clown and actor (born in 1921) | |
August 21st, 1996 (August 21 1996) | Birth | Jamia Simone Nash, American singer and actress | |
August 21st, 1995 (August 21 1995) | Death | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-born astrophysicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1910) | |
August 21st, 1993 (August 21 1993) | Event | NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft. | |
August 21st, 1991 (August 21 1991) | Event | Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after the occupation of Soviet Union. | |
August 21st, 1991 (August 21 1991) | Event | Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses. | |
August 21st, 1989 (August 21 1989) | Birth | Hayden Panettiere, American actress, model and singer | |
August 21st, 1989 (August 21 1989) | Death | Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer (born in 1945) | |
August 21st, 1988 (August 21 1988) | Birth | Louise Setara, English singer-songwriter | |
August 21st, 1988 (August 21 1988) | Birth | Paris Bennett, American singer and finalist on American Idol (season 5) | |
August 21st, 1988 (August 21 1988) | Death | Ray Eames, American designer, artist and architect (born in 1912) | |
August 21st, 1987 (August 21 1987) | Birth | Kim Kibum, one of the member of Korean boy band Super junior. actor and singer | |
August 21st, 1986 (August 21 1986) | Event | Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range. | |
August 21st, 1986 (August 21 1986) | Birth | Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter | |
August 21st, 1984 (August 21 1984) | Birth | Neil Dexter, South African cricketer | |
August 21st, 1984 (August 21 1984) | Birth | Alizee Jacotey, French singer | |
August 21st, 1984 (August 21 1984) | Birth | Melissa Schuman, American actress | |
August 21st, 1984 (August 21 1984) | Birth | B.J. Upton, American baseball player | |
August 21st, 1983 (August 21 1983) | Event | Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. was assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport). | |
August 21st, 1983 (August 21 1983) | Birth | Josh Harrington, American professional BMX rider | |
August 21st, 1983 (August 21 1983) | Birth | Chantelle Houghton, British TV personality | |
August 21st, 1983 (August 21 1983) | Birth | Brody Jenner, American actor | |
August 21st, 1983 (August 21 1983) | Birth | Scott McDonald, Australian footballer | |
August 21st, 1983 (August 21 1983) | Death | Benigno Aquino, Jr., Philippine opposition leader (born in 1932) | |
August 21st, 1982 (August 21 1982) | Death | Sobhuza II, King of Swaziland (born in 1899) | |
August 21st, 1981 (August 21 1981) | Birth | Andreas Glyniadakis, Greek basketball player | |
August 21st, 1981 (August 21 1981) | Birth | Collie Buddz, (Colin Harper) Reggae & Dancehall artist | |
August 21st, 1981 (August 21 1981) | Death | Michael Devine, the last man to die in the 1981 Irish hunger strike (born in 1954) | |
August 21st, 1980 (August 21 1980) | Birth | Burney Lamar, American race car driver | |
August 21st, 1980 (August 21 1980) | Birth | Paul Menard, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Driver | |
August 21st, 1979 (August 21 1979) | Birth | Kelis Rogers-Jones, American singer | |
August 21st, 1979 (August 21 1979) | Death | Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer (born in 1910) | |
August 21st, 1978 (August 21 1978) | Birth | Reuben Droughns, American football player | |
August 21st, 1978 (August 21 1978) | Birth | Jason Marquis, American baseball player | |
August 21st, 1978 (August 21 1978) | Birth | Alan Lee, Irish footballer | |
August 21st, 1978 (August 21 1978) | Birth | Lee Gronkiewicz, American baseball player | |
August 21st, 1978 (August 21 1978) | Birth | Peter Buxton, English rugby union player | |
August 21st, 1978 (August 21 1978) | Death | Charles Eames, American designer and architect (born in 1907) | |
August 21st, 1976 (August 21 1976) | Event | Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjeom, Korea. | |
August 21st, 1976 (August 21 1976) | Birth | Alex Brooks, American ice hockey player | |
August 21st, 1976 (August 21 1976) | Birth | Jeff Cunningham, Jamaican American soccer player | |
August 21st, 1975 (August 21 1975) | Birth | Alicia Witt, American actress | |
August 21st, 1975 (August 21 1975) | Birth | Simon Katich, Australian cricketer | |
August 21st, 1973 (August 21 1973) | Birth | Steve McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player | |
August 21st, 1973 (August 21 1973) | Birth | Sergey Brin, Co-founder of Google | |
August 21st, 1971 (August 21 1971) | Event | A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured. | |
August 21st, 1971 (August 21 1971) | Birth | Liam Howlett, British musician (The Prodigy) | |
August 21st, 1971 (August 21 1971) | Birth | Matthew Noonan, American Concert Organist | |
August 21st, 1971 (August 21 1971) | Birth | Robert Harvey, Australian Rules Footballer (St Kilda Football Club) | |
August 21st, 1971 (August 21 1971) | Death | George Jackson, American prisoner, Soledad Brother, Black Panther (born in 1941) | |
August 21st, 1970 (August 21 1970) | Birth | Nathan Jones, American professional wrestler | |
August 21st, 1970 (August 21 1970) | Birth | Erik Dekker, Dutch cyclist | |
August 21st, 1969 (August 21 1969) | Event | An Australian, Michael Dennis Rohan, sets the Al-Aqsa Mosque on fire | |
August 21st, 1969 (August 21 1969) | Birth | Josee Chouinard, Canadian figure skater | |
August 21st, 1968 (August 21 1968) | Event | Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring; on the same day, Nicolae Ceausescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet maneuver, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals. | |
August 21st, 1968 (August 21 1968) | Event | James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine. | |
August 21st, 1967 (August 21 1967) | Birth | Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress | |
August 21st, 1967 (August 21 1967) | Birth | Serj Tankian, Armenian-born singer (System of a Down) | |
August 21st, 1967 (August 21 1967) | Birth | Darren Bewick, AFL footballer | |
August 21st, 1966 (August 21 1966) | Birth | John Wetteland, Major League Baseball player | John Major Quotes |
August 21st, 1965 (August 21 1965) | Birth | Jim Bullinger, American baseball player | |
August 21st, 1964 (August 21 1964) | Birth | Trinity Loren, American actress and model (died in 1998) | |
August 21st, 1964 (August 21 1964) | Death | Palmiro Togliatti, Italian communist leader (born in 1893) | |
August 21st, 1963 (August 21 1963) | Event | Xa Loi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalises Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead. | |
August 21st, 1963 (August 21 1963) | Birth | King Mohammed VI of Morocco | |
August 21st, 1963 (August 21 1963) | Birth | Richmond Arquette, American actor | |
August 21st, 1962 (August 21 1962) | Birth | Jeff Stryker, American actor | |
August 21st, 1961 (August 21 1961) | Birth | David Morales, American disc jockey | |
August 21st, 1961 (August 21 1961) | Birth | Stephen Hillenburg, American animator and cartoonist | |
August 21st, 1960 (August 21 1960) | Death | David Barnard Steinman, American civil engineer and bridge designer (born in 1886) | |
August 21st, 1959 (August 21 1959) | Event | President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. | Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes |
August 21st, 1959 (August 21 1959) | Birth | Jim McMahon, American football player | |
August 21st, 1957 (August 21 1957) | Death | Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (born in 1888) | |
August 21st, 1957 (August 21 1957) | Death | Nels Stewart, professional ice hockey player (born in 1902) | |
August 21st, 1956 (August 21 1956) | Birth | Kim Cattrall, English-born actress | |
August 21st, 1954 (August 21 1954) | Birth | Archie Griffin, former American football player and only two-time Heisman Trophy winner. | |
August 21st, 1954 (August 21 1954) | Birth | Ivan Stang, American writer | |
August 21st, 1952 (August 21 1952) | Birth | Joe Strummer, British musician and singer (The Clash) (died in 2002) | |
August 21st, 1952 (August 21 1952) | Birth | Glenn Hughes, British bassist and vocalist (Finders Keepers/Trapeze/Deep Purple) | |
August 21st, 1951 (August 21 1951) | Birth | Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist | |
August 21st, 1951 (August 21 1951) | Birth | Char Margolis, American medium | |
August 21st, 1951 (August 21 1951) | Birth | Harry Smith, American television journalist | |
August 21st, 1951 (August 21 1951) | Birth | Margo Kane, Canadian playwright. | |
August 21st, 1951 (August 21 1951) | Death | Constant Lambert, British composer and conductor (born in 1905) | Constant Lambert Quotes |
August 21st, 1950 (August 21 1950) | Birth | Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer | |
August 21st, 1949 (August 21 1949) | Birth | Loretta Devine, American actress | |
August 21st, 1947 (August 21 1947) | Death | Ettore Bugatti, Italian automobile manufacturer (born in 1881) | |
August 21st, 1945 (August 21 1945) | Birth | Jerry DaVanon, baseball player | |
August 21st, 1945 (August 21 1945) | Birth | Basil Poledouris, American film score composer (died in 2006) | |
August 21st, 1944 (August 21 1944) | Event | Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins. | |
August 21st, 1944 (August 21 1944) | Birth | Jackie DeShannon, American singer | Jackie DeShannon Quotes |
August 21st, 1944 (August 21 1944) | Birth | Peter Weir, Australian film director | |
August 21st, 1944 (August 21 1944) | Birth | Perry Christie, former prime minister of the Bahamas | |
August 21st, 1943 (August 21 1943) | Birth | Hugh Wilson, American director, writer and actor | |
August 21st, 1943 (August 21 1943) | Death | Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer, Nobel Prize (born in 1857) | |
August 21st, 1942 (August 21 1942) | Event | World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad began. | |
August 21st, 1942 (August 21 1942) | Event | World War II: A Nazi flag is installed atop the Mount Elbrus. | |
August 21st, 1942 (August 21 1942) | Event | World War II: Allied forces involved in the Guadalcanal campaign defeated an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru. | |
August 21st, 1940 (August 21 1940) | Death | Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (born in 1879) | Leon Trotsky Quotes |
August 21st, 1940 (August 21 1940) | Death | Ernest Lawrence Thayer, American poet (born in 1863) | |
August 21st, 1940 (August 21 1940) | Death | Hermann Obrecht, member of the Swiss Federal Council (born in 1882) | |
August 21st, 1939 (August 21 1939) | Birth | James Burton, American guitarist | |
August 21st, 1939 (August 21 1939) | Birth | Clarence Williams III, American actor | |
August 21st, 1939 (August 21 1939) | Birth | Festus Mogae, president of Botswana | |
August 21st, 1938 (August 21 1938) | Birth | Kenny Rogers, American singer and actor | |
August 21st, 1937 (August 21 1937) | Birth | Robert Stone, American novelist | |
August 21st, 1936 (August 21 1936) | Birth | Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player (died in 1999) | |
August 21st, 1936 (August 21 1936) | Birth | Radish Tordia, Painter Of Figurative Art From Georgia | |
August 21st, 1935 (August 21 1935) | Death | John Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (born in 1849) | John Hart Quotes |
August 21st, 1934 (August 21 1934) | Birth | Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist | |
August 21st, 1933 (August 21 1933) | Birth | Janet Baker, English mezzo-soprano | |
August 21st, 1932 (August 21 1932) | Birth | Melvin Van Peebles, American actor and screenwriter | |
August 21st, 1930 (August 21 1930) | Birth | Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (died in 2002) | |
August 21st, 1930 (August 21 1930) | Birth | Frank Perry, American film director (died in 1995) | |
August 21st, 1929 (August 21 1929) | Birth | X. J. Kennedy, American poet | |
August 21st, 1929 (August 21 1929) | Birth | Marie Severin, American comic book artist and colorist | |
August 21st, 1928 (August 21 1928) | Birth | Art Farmer, American trumpet player (died in 1999) | |
August 21st, 1927 (August 21 1927) | Birth | Thomas S. Monson, 16th president of the (Mormon) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Jesus Christ Quotes |
August 21st, 1925 (August 21 1925) | Birth | Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (died in 2003) | |
August 21st, 1925 (August 21 1925) | Birth | Jorge Rafael Videla, ex-dictator of Argentina | |
August 21st, 1924 (August 21 1924) | Birth | Jack Buck, American sports announcer (died in 2002) | |
August 21st, 1924 (August 21 1924) | Birth | Chris Schenkel, American sports journalist (died in 2005) | |
August 21st, 1924 (August 21 1924) | Birth | Jack Weston, American actor (died in 1996) | |
August 21st, 1920 (August 21 1920) | Birth | Christopher Robin Milne, inspiration for the Winnie-the-Pooh stories (died in 1996) | |
August 21st, 1918 (August 21 1918) | Birth | Billy Reay, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 2004) | |
August 21st, 1915 (August 21 1915) | Birth | Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (died in 1998) | |
August 21st, 1912 (August 21 1912) | Birth | Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died in 1995) | |
August 21st, 1911 (August 21 1911) | Event | The Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre employee. | |
August 21st, 1909 (August 21 1909) | Birth | Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician (died in 1992) | |
August 21st, 1908 (August 21 1908) | Birth | M. M. Kaye, British writer (died in 2004) | |
August 21st, 1906 (August 21 1906) | Birth | Friz Freleng, American movie animator (died in 1995) | |
August 21st, 1904 (August 21 1904) | Birth | William "Count" Basie, American bandleader (died in 1984) | |
August 21st, 1892 (August 21 1892) | Birth | Charles Vanel, French actor and director (died in 1989) | |
August 21st, 1891 (August 21 1891) | Birth | Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World s oldest living man 2004-2007 (died in 2007) | |
August 21st, 1888 (August 21 1888) | Event | The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs. | |
August 21st, 1879 (August 21 1879) | Event | The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist reportedly appear to the people of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland. | |
August 21st, 1878 (August 21 1878) | Event | The American Bar Association is founded. | |
August 21st, 1872 (August 21 1872) | Birth | Aubrey Beardsley, English illustrator (died in 1898) | |
August 21st, 1863 (August 21 1863) | Event | Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerillas Quantrill s Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre. | |
August 21st, 1862 (August 21 1862) | Event | The Vienna Stadtpark opens its gates. | |
August 21st, 1858 (August 21 1858) | Event | The Lincoln-Douglas debates begin. | |
August 21st, 1856 (August 21 1856) | Event | America s first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856) | |
August 21st, 1852 (August 21 1852) | Event | Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory. | |
August 21st, 1842 (August 21 1842) | Event | The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded. | |
August 21st, 1838 (August 21 1838) | Death | Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (born in 1781) | |
August 21st, 1836 (August 21 1836) | Death | Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (born in 1785) | |
August 21st, 1831 (August 21 1831) | Event | Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion. | |
August 21st, 1826 (August 21 1826) | Birth | Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (died in 1903) | |
August 21st, 1821 (August 21 1821) | Event | Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the Eliza Frances. | |
August 21st, 1816 (August 21 1816) | Birth | Charles Frederic Gerhardt, French chemist (died in 1856) | |
August 21st, 1814 (August 21 1814) | Death | Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (born in 1753) | |
August 21st, 1813 (August 21 1813) | Birth | Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (died in 1891) | |
August 21st, 1810 (August 21 1810) | Event | Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates. | |
August 21st, 1801 (August 21 1801) | Birth | Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch politician (died in 1876) | |
August 21st, 1800 (August 21 1800) | Birth | Hiram Walden, American politician (died in 1880) | |
August 21st, 1798 (August 21 1798) | Birth | Jules Michelet, French historian (died in 1874) | |
August 21st, 1796 (August 21 1796) | Death | John McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware (born in 1721) | |
August 21st, 1789 (August 21 1789) | Birth | Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (died in 1857) | |
August 21st, 1772 (August 21 1772) | Event | King Gustav III completes his coup d etat by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot. | |
August 21st, 1770 (August 21 1770) | Event | James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales. | |
August 21st, 1765 (August 21 1765) | Birth | William IV of the United Kingdom (died in 1837) | William King Quotes |
August 21st, 1763 (August 21 1763) | Death | Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (born in 1710) | |
August 21st, 1762 (August 21 1762) | Death | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (born in 1689) | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Quotes |
August 21st, 1760 (August 21 1760) | Event | The church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayaguez (Puerto Rico)" is founded, establishing the basis for the founding of the city. | |
August 21st, 1754 (August 21 1754) | Birth | William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (died in 1839) | |
August 21st, 1754 (August 21 1754) | Birth | Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (died in 1833) | |
August 21st, 1725 (August 21 1725) | Birth | Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (died in 1805) | |
August 21st, 1689 (August 21 1689) | Event | The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland. | |
August 21st, 1689 (August 21 1689) | Death | William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier | |
August 21st, 1680 (August 21 1680) | Event | Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt. | |
August 21st, 1673 (August 21 1673) | Death | Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, English soldier | Henry Ford Quotes |
August 21st, 1670 (August 21 1670) | Birth | James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (died in 1734) | |
August 21st, 1665 (August 21 1665) | Birth | Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (died in 1729) | |
August 21st, 1660 (August 21 1660) | Birth | Hubert Gautier, French scientist and civil engineer (died in 1737) | |
August 21st, 1643 (August 21 1643) | Birth | King Afonso VI of Portugal (died in 1683) | |
August 21st, 1627 (August 21 1627) | Death | Jacques Mauduit, French composer (born in 1557) | |
August 21st, 1614 (August 21 1614) | Death | Elizabeth Bathory, the world s most prolific female serial killer (born in 1560) | Elizabeth Bath Quotes |
August 21st, 1597 (August 21 1597) | Birth | Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (died in 1672) | |
August 21st, 1581 (August 21 1581) | Death | Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (born in 1527) | |
August 21st, 1567 (August 21 1567) | Birth | Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva and saint (died in 1622) | Francis de Sales Quotes |
August 21st, 1535 (August 21 1535) | Birth | Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (died in 1619) | |
August 21st, 1271 (August 21 1271) | Death | Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (born in 1220) | |
August 21st, 1192 (August 21 1192) | Event | Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shogun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192) | |
August 21st, 1165 (August 21 1165) | Birth | King Philip II of France (died in 1223) | |
August 21st, 1157 (August 21 1157) | Death | King Alfonso VII of Castile (born in 1104/1105) | |
August 21st, 1153 (August 21 1153) | Death | Bernard of Clairvaux, French theologian (born in 1090) | Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes |