August 21
The August 21 is the 233rd day of the Gregorian Calendar ( 234th in leap years), thus 132 days remain until the end of the year.
- 3.1 Before the 19th century
- 3.2 19th century
- 3.3 20th century
- 3.4 21st century
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Economy
Science and Technology
Culture
Society
Religion
Disasters
Minor accidents are listed in the sub- items of disaster.
Nature and Environment
Sports
Entries of Athletics world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics.
Born
Before the 19th century
19th century
20th century
1901-1950
1951-2000
Died
Before the 19th century
- 940 ~ 942: Ermengol, Count of Osona
- 1018: Henry of Burgundy, Bishop of Lausanne
- 1131: Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem, participants of the First Crusade
- 1157: Alfonso VII, king of Castile and León
- 1157: Øystein II Haraldsson, Norwegian co-regent
- 1189: Geoffrey Ridel, Lord Chancellor of England
- 1369: Bruno of Warendorp, Mayor of Lübeck
- 1568: Jean Parisot de la Valette, Grand Master of the Order of Malta
- 1614: Elisabeth Báthory, Hungarian nobleman and serial killer
- 1714: Georg Beyer, German jurist and law teacher
- 1762: Mary Wortley Montagu, British writer
- 1797: Benedict Stattler, German Catholic theologian, educator and philosopher
19th century
20th century
21st Century
- 2002: Laure Wyss, Swiss journalist and writer
- 2003: Ismail Abu Shanab, Palestinian politicians
- 2005: Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer
- 2005: Horst Tappe, German Photographer
- 2006: Klaus Höhne, German actor and voice actor
- 2007: Kurt Hübner, German actor, theater director and intendant
- 2007: Ulrich Müther, German civil engineer and contractor
- 2008: Buddy Harman, American drummer
- 2008: Jerry Finn, American music producer
- 2008: Wolfgang Vogel, German lawyer and negotiator of the GDR
- 2010: Alberto Ablondi, Italian bishop
- 2010: Chloé Graftiaux, Belgian Sportkletterin
- 2010: Christoph Schlingensief, German film director and screenwriter, actor and author
- 2012: Georg Leber, German politicians and union leaders
- 2012: William Thurston, American mathematician
- 2013: Charles Gordon Fullerton, American astronaut
Holidays and observances
- Religious observances Geert Groote, Dutch monk and preacher ( Protestant)
- Name Days Pius
- State Holidays and observances Latvia, independence from the Soviet Union ( 1991)
More entries contains the list of commemorative and action days.
- Day
- Day in August