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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