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.

  • 2.1 Before the 19th century
  • 2.2 19th century
  • 2.3 20th century 2.3.1 1901-1950
  • 2.3.2 1951-2000
  • 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
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