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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
- 1680 –Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
- 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.
- 1852 –Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
- 1942 –World War II: the Guadalcanal campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
- 1944 –World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, France.
- 1963 –Xa Loi Pagoda raids: the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalises Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
- 1992 –Ruby Ridge Standoff in Idaho
- 2001 –NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Who were born on August 21?
- 1567 –Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva and saint (d. 1622)
- 1816 –Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856)
- 1891 –Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World’s oldest living man 2004-2007 (d. 2007)
- 1908 –M. M. Kaye, British writer (d. 2004)
- 1925 –Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (d. 2003)
- 1937 –Donald Dewar, First Minister of Scotland (d. 2000)
- 1967 –Darren Bewick, AFL footballer
- 1975 –Alicia Witt, American actress
- 1981 –Tyler Winklevoss, American Rower and Entrepeneur
- 1985 –Aleksandra Kiryashova, Russian pole vaulter
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