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Births, Deaths and Events in History - 2008-10-13
Births
1165-08-21 - King Philip II of France (d. 1223)
1535-08-21 - Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)
1567-08-21 - Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva and saint (d. 1622)
1597-08-21 - Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)
1643-08-21 - King Afonso VI of Portugal (d. 1683)
1660-08-21 - Hubert Gautier, French scientist and civil engineer (d. 1737)
1665-08-21 - Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)
1670-08-21 - James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734)
1725-08-21 - Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (d. 1805)
1754-08-21 - William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839)
1754-08-21 - Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833)
1765-08-21 - William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)
1789-08-21 - Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (d. 1857)
1798-08-21 - Jules Michelet, French historian (d. 1874)
1801-08-21 - Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch politician (d. 1876)
1813-08-21 - Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891)
1816-08-21 - Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856)
1826-08-21 - Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903)
1872-08-21 - Aubrey Beardsley, English illustrator (d. 1898)
1891-08-21 - Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World's oldest living man (died 24, January, 2007.
1904-08-21 - William "Count" Basie, American bandleader (d. 1984)
1906-08-21 - Friz Freleng, American movie animator (d. 1995)
1908-08-21 - M. M. Kaye, British writer (d. 2004)
1909-08-21 - Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician (d. 1992)
1912-08-21 - Toe Blake, National Hockey League player and coach (Montreal Canadiens) (d. 1995)
1915-08-21 - Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (d. 1998)
1920-08-21 - Christopher Robin Milne, inspiration for the Winnie-the-Pooh stories (d. 1996)
1921-08-21 - Winnie-the-Pooh, a (fictional) bear of small brain belonging to Christopher Robin
1924-08-21 - Jack Buck, American sports announcer (d. 2002)
1924-08-21 - Chris Schenkel, American sports journalist (d. 2005)
1924-08-21 - Jack Weston, American actor (d. 1996)
1925-08-21 - Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (d. 2003)
1925-08-21 - Jorge Rafael Videla, ex-dictator of Argentina
1928-08-21 - Art Farmer, American trumpet player (d. 1999)
1929-08-21 - X. J. Kennedy, American poet
1930-08-21 - Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d. 2002)
1930-08-21 - Frank Perry, American film director (d. 1995)
1932-08-21 - Melvin Van Peebles, American actor and screenwriter
1933-08-21 - Janet Baker, English mezzo-soprano
1936-08-21 - Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player (d. 1999)
1938-08-21 - Kenny Rogers, American singer and actor
1937-08-21 - Robert Stone, American novelist
1939-08-21 - James Burton, American guitarist
1939-08-21 - Clarence Williams III, American actor
1944-08-21 - Jackie DeShannon, American singer
1944-08-21 - Peter Weir, Australian film director
1945-08-21 - Jerry DaVanon, baseball player
1950-08-21 - Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer
1951-08-21 - Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
1952-08-21 - Joe Strummer, British musician and singer (The Clash) (d. 2002)
1952-08-21 - Glenn Hughes, British bassist and vocalist (Finders Keepers/Trapeze/Deep Purple)
1954-08-21 - Archie Griffin, former American football player and only two-time Heisman Trophy winner.
1954-08-21 - Ivan Stang, American writer
1956-08-21 - Kim Cattrall, English-born actress
1959-08-21 - Jim McMahon, American football player
1961-08-21 - David Morales, American disc jockey
1961-08-21 - Stephen Hillenburg, American animator and cartoonist
1962-08-21 - Jeff Stryker, American actor
1963-08-21 - King Mohammed VI of Morocco
1963-08-21 - Richmond Arquette, American actor
1964-08-21 - Trinity Loren, American actress and model (d. 1998)
1966-08-21 - John Wetteland, Major League Baseball player
1967-08-21 - Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress
1967-08-21 - Serj Tankian, Armenian-born singer (System of a Down)
1967-08-21 - Darren Bewick, AFL footballer
1969-08-21 - Josée Chouinard, Canadian figure skater
1970-08-21 - Nathan Jones, American professional wrestler
1970-08-21 - Erik Dekker, Dutch cyclist
1971-08-21 - Liam Howlett, British musician (The Prodigy)
1973-08-21 - Steve McKenna, hockey player
1975-08-21 - Alicia Witt, American actress
1978-08-21 - Reuben Droughns, American football player
1978-08-21 - Jason Marquis, American baseball player
1978-08-21 - Alan Lee, Irish footballer
1979-08-21 - Kelis, American singer
1980-08-21 - Burney Lamar, American race car driver
1983-08-21 - Josh Harrington, American professional BMX rider
1983-08-21 - Chantelle Houghton, British TV personality
1984-08-21 - Alizée, French singer
1986-08-21 - Conor Clapton, son of Eric Clapton (d. 1991)
1988-08-21 - Paris Bennett, American Idol contestant
1989-08-21 - Hayden Panettiere, American actress
1991-08-21 - Tess Gaerthé, Dutch singer and actress
Bizarre
2006-08-21 - Senior Citizen Day
2007-08-21 - Senior Citizen Day
Deaths
1157-08-21 - King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)
1153-08-21 - Bernard of Clairvaux, French theologian (b. 1090)
1271-08-21 - Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)
1581-08-21 - Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)
1614-08-21 - Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)
1627-08-21 - Jacques Mauduit, French composer (b. 1557)
1673-08-21 - Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, English soldier
1689-08-21 - William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier
1762-08-21 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (b. 1689)
1763-08-21 - Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710)
1796-08-21 - John McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware (b. 1721)
1814-08-21 - Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (b. 1753)
1836-08-21 - Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (b. 1785)
1838-08-21 - Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (b. 1781)
1940-08-21 - Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (b. 1879)
1940-08-21 - Ernest Lawrence Thayer, American poet (b. 1863)
1940-08-21 - Hermann Obrecht, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1882)
1943-08-21 - Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer, Nobel Prize (b. 1857)
1947-08-21 - Ettore Bugatti, Italian automobile manufacturer (b. 1881)
1951-08-21 - Constant Lambert, British composer and conductor (b. 1905)
1957-08-21 - Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
1957-08-21 - Nels Stewart, professional ice hockey player (b. 1902)
1960-08-21 - David Barnard Steinman, American civil engineer and bridge designer (b. 1886)
1964-08-21 - Palmiro Togliatti, Italian communist leader (b. 1893)
1978-08-21 - Charles Eames, American designer and architect (b. 1907)
1981-08-21 - Michael Devine, the last man to die in the 1981 Irish hunger strike (b. 1954)
1982-08-21 - Sobhuza II, King of Swaziland (b. 1899)
1983-08-21 - Benigno S. Aquino Jr., Philippine opposition leader (b. 1932)
1988-08-21 - Ray Eames, American designer, artist and architect (b. 1912)
1989-08-21 - Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer (b. 1945)
1995-08-21 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-born astrophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
2000-08-21 - Daniel Lisulo, Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930)
2003-08-21 - Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher and aid worker (b. 1946)
2003-08-21 - Wesley Willis, American musician (b. 1963)
2005-08-21 - Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925)
2005-08-21 - Robert Moog, American pioneer of electronic music (b. 1934)
2005-08-21 - Dalia Rabikovich, Israeli poet (b. 1936)
2005-08-21 - Martin Dillon, tenor, American opera singer (b. 1957)
2006-08-21 - Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philantropher (b. 1941)
2006-08-21 - Ustad Bismillah Khan, Indian musician, ShehnaiMastro (b. 1916)
Declared
2007-08-21 - Ninoy Aquino Day - special holiday in the Philippines.
Events
2001-08-21 - The Red Cross announces that a famine is striking Tajikistan, and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
2005-08-21 - Pope Benedict XVI concludes World Youth Day with a mass. Over 1,100,000+ people attended the closing liturgy.
1192-08-21 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)
1680-08-21 - Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
1760-08-21 - The church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)" is founded, establishing the basis for the founding of the city.
1770-08-21 - James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
1772-08-21 - King Gustav III completes his coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing him as an enlightened despot.
1810-08-21 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
1821-08-21 - Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the Eliza Frances.
1831-08-21 - Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion.
1841-08-21 - The Venetian blind is first patented in the United States by John Hampson.
1842-08-21 - The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded.
1852-08-21 - Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
1856-08-21 - America's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856)
1858-08-21 - The Lincoln-Douglas debates begin.
1862-08-21 - The Vienna Stadtpark opens its gates.
1863-08-21 - Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerillas Quantrill's Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre.
1878-08-21 - The American Bar Association is founded.
1879-08-21 - The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist reportedly appear to the people of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland.
1888-08-21 - The first successful adding machine in the United States was patented by William Seward Burroughs.
1911-08-21 - The Mona Lisa was stolen by a Louvre employee.
1942-08-21 - A Nazi flag was installed atop the Elbrus Mountain.
1942-08-21 - Allied forces involved in the Guadalcanal campaign defeated an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
1944-08-21 - Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
1959-08-21 - President Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union.
1968-08-21 - Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring; on the same day, Nicolae Ceauşescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet maneuver, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against
1968-08-21 - James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
1971-08-21 - A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
1976-08-21 - Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjeom, Korea.
1983-08-21 - Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. was assassinated at the Manila International Airport.
1986-08-21 - Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
1991-08-21 - Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after the occupation of Soviet Union.
1991-08-21 - Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
1993-08-21 - NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
2001-08-21 - NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
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