What happened this day in history August 21

What are the important events that happened on August 21? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

August 21: Facts & Myths About This Day

August 21 is the 234th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 132 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 8, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,736,640 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatriacontatetragon’ day.

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 161 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,261 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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August 21 Historical Events

  • 1192
    Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)
  • 1680
    Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
  • 1689
    The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
  • 1770
    James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
  • 1863
    Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerrillas Quantrill’s Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre.
  • 1888
    The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
  • 1971
    A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
  • 1982
    Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization’s withdrawal from Lebanon.
  • 1986
    Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
  • 2001
    NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Who were born on August 21?

  • 1798
    Jules Michelet, French historian (d. 1874)
  • 1930
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d. 2002)
  • 1934
    Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist
  • 1934
    Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian politician( d. 2001)
  • 1936
    Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player (d. 1999)
  • 1939
    James Burton, American guitarist
  • 1964
    Trinity Loren, American actress and model (d. 1998)
  • 1970
    Craig Counsell, American baseball player
  • 1971
    Liam Howlett, British musician (The Prodigy)
  • 1975
    Alicia Witt, American actress

Who died on August 21?

  • 1157
    King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)
  • 1796
    John McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware (b. 1721)
  • 1838
    Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (b. 1781)
  • 1935
    John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
  • 1951
    Constant Lambert, British composer and conductor (b. 1905)
  • 1957
    Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
  • 1971
    George Jackson, American Black Panther Party figure (b. 1941)
  • 1982
    Sobhuza II, King of Swaziland (b. 1899)
  • 1989
    Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer (b. 1945)
  • 2001
    Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)

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