August 21

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The August 21 is the 233rd day of the Gregorian calendar (the 234th in leap years ), thus remain 132 days by year end.

Historic anniversaries
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events

Politics and world events

1192: Minamoto no Yoritomo
1772: Gustav III. of Sweden
1860: Taku Fortress after being captured by British and French troops.
1891: Battle of Concón
1905: The projected US state of Sequoyah

business

1888: Burroughs' calculating machine

science and technology

Culture

1715: Poppelsdorf Castle
1911: The Mona Lisa

society

religion

Disasters

  • 1986: The sudden release of around 1.6 million tons of carbon dioxide from Lake Nyos in Cameroon leads to the suffocation of around 1,700 people in the surrounding settlements.

Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .

nature and environment

The chestnut tree around 1777
The chestnut tree in the present

Sports

Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .

Born

Before the 18th century

  • Giovanni Bembo (* 1543)

  • Henri II. De Rohan (* 1579)

  • Alfonso VI of Portugal (* 1643)

  • James Fitzjames (* 1670)

18th century

  • Johann Georg of Saxony (* 1704)

  • Archibald Campbell (* 1739)

  • Jacques Roux (* 1752)

  • William Murdoch (* 1754)

  • Wilhelm IV. (* 1765)

  • Augustin-Louis Cauchy (* 1789)

  • Thomas Garrett (* 1789)

  • Dorothea von Biron (* 1793)

19th century

1801-1850

  • Joseph Groll (* 1813)

  • Wilhelm Heinrich Schüßler (* 1821)

  • William Balfour Baikie (* 1824)

  • Carl Gegenbaur (* 1826)

1851-1875

  • Emile Mayade (* 1853)

  • Rudolf of Austria-Hungary (* 1858)

  • Emilio Salgari (* 1862)

  • Aubrey Beardsley (* 1872)

1876-1900

  • James P. Moody (* 1887)

  • Richard O'Connor (* 1889)

  • Lili Boulanger (* 1893)

  • Hans Asmussen (* 1898)

20th century

1901-1925

  • Count Basie (* 1904)

  • C. Douglas Dillon (* 1909)

  • Leonid Hurwicz (* 1917)

1926-1950

  • Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (* 1930)

  • Barry Foster (born 1931)

  • Louis de Branges de Bourcia (born 1932)

  • Janet Baker (born 1933)

  • John Lewis Hall (* 1934)

  • Kenny Rogers (* 1938)

  • Patty McCormick (born 1945)

  • Loretta Devine (born 1949)

1951-1975

  • Glenn Hughes (born 1951)

  • Joe Strummer (born 1952)

  • Kim Cattrall (born 1956)

  • Laura Morante (* 1956)

  • Steve Case (born 1958)

  • Mohammed VI (* 1966)

  • Stéphane Charbonnier (* 1967)

  • Carrie-Anne Moss (* 1967)

  • Erik Dekker (* 1970)

  • Thomas Hickersberger (* 1973)

  • Nikolai Valujew (* 1973)

  • Alicia Witt (* 1975)

1976-2000

  • Kelis (* 1979)

  • Alizée (* 1984)

  • Usain Bolt (* 1986)

  • Robert Lewandowski (* 1988)

Died

Before the 19th century

  • Jean de la Valette († 1568)

  • Elisabeth Báthory († 1614)

  • Dimitrie Cantemir (* 1723)

  • Mary Wortley Montagu († 1762)

19th century

  • Adelbert von Chamisso († 1838)

  • August Ferdinand Anacker († 1854)

  • Gustav Struve (* 1870)

  • Ottilie Assing († 1884)

20th century

1901-1950

  • Gustave Moynier († 1910)

  • Eugen Gutmann († 1925)

  • Leon Trotsky († 1940)

  • Ettore Bugatti († 1947)

1951-2000

  • Antonia Dietrich († 1975)

  • Giuseppe Meazza († 1979)

  • Sobhuza II. († 1982)

  • Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar († 1995)

21st century

  • Christoph Schlingensief († 2010)

  • Georg Leber († 2012)

Holidays and memorial days

  • Church memorial days

The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .

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