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Day Of The Week: August 21
August 21, 2025 is the 233rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 132 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 21
- 1689 –The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
- 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.
- 1810 –Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
- 1821 –Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
- 1944 –World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, France.
- 1961 –Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, “Please Mr. Postman” by The Marvelettes.
- 1971 –A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
- 1979 –Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the United States.
- 1983 –Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport).
- 2007 –Hurricane Dean makes its first landfall in Costa Maya, Mexico with winds at 165 mph. Dean is the first storm since Hurricane Andrew to make landfall as a Category 5.
Who were born on August 21?
- 1891 –Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World’s oldest living man 2004-2007 (d. 2007)
- 1925 –Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (d. 2003)
- 1933 –Michael Dacher, German mountaineer (d. 1994)
- 1938 –Kenny Rogers, American singer and actor
- 1944 –Jackie DeShannon, American singer
- 1973 –Sergey Brin, Co-founder of Google
- 1976 –Ramón Vázquez, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1978 –Lee Gronkiewicz, American baseball player
- 1981 –Collie Buddz, (Colin Harper) Reggae & Dancehall artist
- 1984 –Alizée Jacotey, French singer
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