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What happend on 21. August in History
In our data base we found 312 events happened on 21. August:
• 1157: Alfonso VII of León and Castile (b. 1105) [category: Deaths]
• 1165: Philip II of France (d. 1223) [category: Births]
• 1192: Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192) [category: Events]
• 1271: Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (b. 1220) [category: Deaths]
• 1331: King Stephen Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stephen Dušan, who succeeds as King of Serbia. [category: Events]
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• 1535: Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) [category: Births]
• 1567: Francis de Sales, Swiss bishop and saint (d. 1622) [category: Births]
• 1581: Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese samurai (b. 1527) [category: Deaths]
• 1597: Roger Twysden, English historian and politician (d. 1672) [category: Births]
• 1614: Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian serial killer (b. 1560) [category: Deaths]
• 1627: Jacques Mauduit, French composer (b. 1557) [category: Deaths]
• 1643: Afonso VI of Portugal (d. 1683) [category: Births]
• 1660: Hubert Gautier, French scientist and engineer (d. 1737) [category: Births]
• 1665: Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) [category: Births]
• 1670: James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734) [category: Births]
• 1673: Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, English soldier (b. 1599) [category: Deaths]
• 1680: Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt. [category: Events]
• 1689: William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier (b. 1661) [category: Deaths]
• 1689: The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland. [category: Events]
• 1725: Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (d. 1805) [category: Births]
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• 1754: Banastre Tarleton, English soldier and politician (d. 1833) [category: Births]
• 1754: William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting (d. 1839) [category: Births]
• 1762: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (b. 1689) [category: Deaths]
• 1763: Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician (b. 1710) [category: Deaths]
• 1765: William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837) [category: Births]
• 1770: James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales. [category: Events]
• 1772: King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot. [category: Events]
• 1778: American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondicherry. [category: Events]
• 1789: Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (d. 1857) [category: Births]
• 1796: John McKinly, American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (b. 1721) [category: Deaths]
• 1798: Jules Michelet, French historian (d. 1874) [category: Births]
• 1800: Hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880) [category: Births]
• 1801: Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch politician (d. 1876) [category: Births]
• 1808: Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War. [category: Events]
• 1810: Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates. [category: Events]
• 1813: Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1814: Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (b. 1753) [category: Deaths]
• 1816: Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856) [category: Births]
• 1821: Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances. [category: Events]
• 1826: Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903) [category: Births]
• 1831: Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion. [category: Events]
• 1836: Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (b. 1785) [category: Deaths]
• 1838: Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (b. 1781) [category: Deaths]
• 1840: Ferdinand Hamer, Dutch missionary and bishop (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1852: Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory. [category: Events]
• 1854: Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777) [category: Deaths]
• 1858: Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1862: Emilio Salgari, Italian writer (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1863: Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerrillas Quantrill's Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre. [category: Events]
• 1869: William Henry Ogilvie, Scottish-Australian poet (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1870: Ma Xinyi, Chinese military leader and statesman (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1872: Aubrey Beardsley, English illustrator and author (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1878: Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1879: Claude Grahame-White, English pilot (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1879: The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, reportedly appears at Knock Shrine in Knock, County Mayo, Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1883: An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic. [category: Events]
• 1884: Chandler Egan, American golfer (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1885: Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1886: Ruth Manning-Sanders, British author (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1887: James Paul Moody, English 6th Officer of the RMS Titanic (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1888: The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs. [category: Events]
• 1891: Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rician super-centenarian (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1892: Charles Vanel, French actor and director (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1902: Angel Karaliychev, Bulgarian writer (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1904: Count Basie, American pianist, bandleader, and composer (Count Basie Orchestra) (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1906: Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1908: M. M. Kaye, Indian-English author (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1909: Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1910: Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre employee. [category: Events]
• 1912: Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1915: Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1918: Billy Reay, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1918: World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins. [category: Events]
• 1919: Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Christopher Robin Milne, English soldier and bookseller (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1924: Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1924: Jack Buck, American sportscaster (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1924: Jack Weston, American actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1925: Judy Grable, American wrestler (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1925: Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1925: Toma Caragiu, Romanian actor (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1926: Eduardo Koaik, Brazilian bishop (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: Ugyen Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader and author, 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [category: Births]
• 1928: Addison Farmer, American bassist (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1928: Art Farmer, American trumpet player (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1928: Bud McFadin, American football player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1929: Marie Severin, American illustrator [category: Births]
• 1929: X. J. Kennedy, American poet and author [category: Births]
• 1930: Frank Perry, American director (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1930: Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1932: Melvin Van Peebles, American actor and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1933: Janet Baker, English soprano [category: Births]
• 1933: Michael Dacher, German mountaineer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1934: Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer [category: Births]
• 1934: Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian politician (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1935: John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Radish Tordia, Georgian painter [category: Births]
• 1936: Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1937: Donald Dewar, Scottish politician, First Minister of Scotland (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1937: Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian politician, 51st President of Ecuador [category: Births]
• 1937: Robert Stone, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1938: Kenny Rogers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The New Christy Minstrels and The First Edition) [category: Births]
• 1939: Clarence Williams III, American actor [category: Births]
• 1939: Festus Mogae, Botswana politician, 3rd President of Botswana [category: Births]
• 1939: Harold Reid, American singer-songwriter (The Statler Brothers) [category: Births]
• 1939: James Burton, American guitarist (TCB Band) [category: Births]
• 1940: Endre Szemerédi, Hungarian mathematician [category: Births]
• 1940: Ernest Thayer, American poet (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Hermann Obrecht, Swiss jurist (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Leon Trotsky, Russian politician and theorist (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: World War II: The flag of Nazi Germany is installed atop the Mount Elbrus, the highest peak of the Caucasus mountain range. [category: Events]
• 1942: World War II: the Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru. [category: Events]
• 1943: Hugh Wilson, American director, writer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1943: Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Jackie DeShannon, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1944: Perry Christie, Bahamian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Bahamas [category: Births]
• 1944: Peter Weir, Australian director [category: Births]
• 1944: Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins. [category: Events]
• 1944: World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France. [category: Events]
• 1945: Basil Poledouris, American composer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1945: Jerry DaVanon, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1945: Patty McCormack, American actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Physicist Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory. [category: Events]
• 1947: Carl Giammarese, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Buckinghams) [category: Births]
• 1947: Sándor Erdős, Hungarian fencer [category: Births]
• 1947: Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Loretta Devine, American actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Arthur Bremer, American attempted murderer [category: Births]
• 1950: Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer-songwriter and model [category: Births]
• 1951: Char Margolis, American psychic medium [category: Births]
• 1951: Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist [category: Births]
• 1951: Glenn Hughes, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Finders Keepers, Trapeze, Deep Purple, and Black Country Communion) [category: Births]
• 1951: Harry Smith, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1951: Margo Kane, Canadian actress and playwright [category: Births]
• 1951: Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Jiří Paroubek, Czech politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic [category: Births]
• 1952: Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Clash, The Mescaleros, and The Pogues) (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1952: Keith Hart, Canadian wrestler [category: Births]
• 1953: Ivan Stang, American author, publisher, and director [category: Births]
• 1954: Archie Griffin, American football player [category: Births]
• 1954: Chip Coffey, American psychic medium [category: Births]
• 1956: Jon Tester, American politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Kim Cattrall, English actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Steve Smith, American drummer (Journey and Montrose) [category: Births]
• 1957: Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile. [category: Events]
• 1959: Jim McMahon, American football player [category: Births]
• 1959: 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 [category: Events]
• 1960: David B. Steinman, American engineer and author, designed the Mackinac Bridge (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: David Morales, American DJ and producer [category: Births]
• 1961: Stephen Hillenburg, American animator, writer, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1961: V. B. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1961: Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes. [category: Events]
• 1962: Jeff Stryker, American porn actor [category: Births]
• 1962: John Korfas, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Tsutomu Miyazaki Japanese serial killer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1963: Mohammed VI of Morocco [category: Births]
• 1963: Richmond Arquette, American actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead. [category: Events]
• 1964: Trinity Loren, American porn actress and model (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1964: Palmiro Togliatti, Italian politician (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Caryn Mower, American wrestler, actress, and stuntwoman [category: Births]
• 1965: Jim Bullinger, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1966: John Wetteland, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1966: Martin Dooling, American soccer player (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Darren Bewick, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Serj Tankian, Armenian-American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (System of a Down and Axis of Justice) [category: Births]
• 1968: Dina Carroll, English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1968: Goran Ćurko, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine. [category: Events]
• 1968: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals. [category: Events]
• 1969: Josée Chouinard, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1969: An Australian, Denis Michael Rohan, sets the Al-Aqsa Mosque on fire, a major catalyst of the formation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. [category: Events]
• 1970: Craig Counsell, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Erik Dekker, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1970: Nathan Jones, Australian wrestler and actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Liam Howlett, English musician, DJ, and producer (The Prodigy) [category: Births]
• 1971: Mamadou Diallo, Senegalese footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Robert Harvey, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured. [category: Events]
• 1973: Nikolai Valuev, Russian boxer [category: Births]
• 1973: Sergey Brin, Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded of Google [category: Births]
• 1973: Steve McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1974: Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Alicia Witt, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Simon Katich, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1976: Alex Brooks, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1976: Jeff Cunningham, Jamaican-American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1976: Nikos Vertis, Dutch-Greek singer [category: Births]
• 1976: Ramón Vázquez, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjom, South Korea. [category: Events]
• 1978: Alan Lee, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Annie Wu, Taiwanese actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Bhumika Chawla, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Fay Wolf, American actress, singer-songwriter, pianist, and professional organizer [category: Births]
• 1978: Jason Marquis, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Lee Gronkiewicz, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Peter Buxton, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1978: Reuben Droughns, American football player [category: Births]
• 1978: Charles Eames, American designer and architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Kelis, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1979: Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the United States. [category: Events]
• 1980: Burney Lamar, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1980: Jasmin Wöhr, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1980: Paul Menard, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1981: Cameron Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU [category: Births]
• 1981: Collie Buddz, Bermudian rapper [category: Births]
• 1981: Jarrod Lyle, Australian golfer [category: Births]
• 1981: Tyler Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU [category: Births]
• 1981: Michael Devine, Irish hunger striker (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Jason Eaton, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Sobhuza II, Swiss king (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon. [category: Events]
• 1983: Brody Jenner, American model and actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Chantelle Houghton, English model [category: Births]
• 1983: Josh Harrington, American bicycle motocross racer [category: Births]
• 1983: Scott McDonald, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Benigno Aquino, Jr., Filipino politician (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport). [category: Events]
• 1984: Alizée, French singer [category: Births]
• 1984: B. J. Upton, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Barun Sobti, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Eve Torres, American wrestler, model, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1984: Melissa Schuman, American actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Neil Dexter, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1985: Aleksandra Kiryashova, Russian pole vaulter [category: Births]
• 1985: Kevin Nee, American strongman [category: Births]
• 1985: Melissa M, French singer [category: Births]
• 1985: Nicolás Almagro, Spanish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1986: Daniel Dickey, American comedian and writer [category: Births]
• 1986: Kiami Davael, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Koki Sakamoto, Japanese gymnast [category: Births]
• 1986: Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter [category: Births]
• 1986: Wout Brama, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range. [category: Events]
• 1987: Cody Kasch, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Kim Kibum, South Korean singer and actor (Super Junior) [category: Births]
• 1987: Natalia Dzyublo, Russian actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Louise Setara, English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1988: Paris Bennett, American singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Robert Lewandowski, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Whitney Sloan, English actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Ray Eames, American designer and architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (The Dawn) (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Elarica Gallacher, English actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Hayden Panettiere, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1989: Judd Trump, English snooker player [category: Births]
• 1989: Matteo Gentili, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Rob Knox, English actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1989: Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Big Chocolate, American singer-songwriter, and producer (Burning the Masses) [category: Births]
• 1990: Bo Burnham, American comedian, singer-songwriter, and actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Fabian Heimpel, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1990: Omar El Kaddouri, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Tess Gaerthé, Dutch singer [category: Births]
• 1991: Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses. [category: Events]
• 1991: Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after the occupation of Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1992: Brad Kavanagh, English actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1992: Dai Vernon, Canadian magician (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Ruby Ridge Standoff in Idaho [category: Events]
• 1993: Tatiana Troyanos, American soprano (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft. [category: Events]
• 1994: Jacqueline Emerson, American actress and singer (Devo 2.0) [category: Births]
• 1995: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Jamia Simone Nash, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1997: Yuri Nikulin, Russian clown and actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Maxim Knight, American actor [category: Births]
• 2000: Andrzej Zawada, Polish mountaineer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician, Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Tomata du Plenty, American singer (The Screamers) (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. [category: Events]
• 2001: The Red Cross announces that a famine is striking Tajikistan, and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. [category: Events]
• 2003: Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher and academic (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Wesley Willis, American singer and keyboard player (Wesley Willis Fiasco) (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Martin Dillon, American tenor (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Robert Moog, American businessman and inventor, founded Moog Music (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Bismillah Khan, Indian shehnai player (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philanthropist (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: S. Yizhar, Israeli author and politician (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American army officer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Haley Paige, American porn actress (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Siobhan Dowd, English author (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Jerry Finn, American record producer (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Dean Turner, Australian singer, bass player, and producer (Magic Dirt) (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Rex Shelley, Singaporean author (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Nancy Dolman, Canadian actress and singer (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, Argentinean sociologist and author (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Don Raleigh, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Georg Leber, German politician (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Guy Spitaels, Belgian politician, 7th Minister-President of the Walloon Region (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: J. Frank Raley, American politician (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Paul Bassim, Lebanese prelate (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: William Thurston, American mathematician (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• _: Abraham of Smolensk (Eastern Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: August 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Consualia, in honor of Consus. (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Euprepius of Verona [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Maximilian of Antioch [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Pius X [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sidonius Apollinaris [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Youth Day/King Mohammed VI's Birthday (Morocco) [category: Holidays and observances]