Today in History
21 August
223 births · 102 deaths · 52 events recorded
Notable Births
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Corbin Carroll
b. 2000
American baseball player (born 2000)
Karolína Muchová
b. 1996
Czech tennis player (born 1996)
Alex Cooper (podcaster)
b. 1994
American social media influencer (born 1994)
Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu
b. 1994
English actress and reality television personality (born 1994)
Millie Bright
b. 1993
English footballer (born 1993)
Mike Evans (wide receiver)
b. 1993
American football player (born 1993)
Brandon Drury
b. 1992
American baseball player (born 1992)
Gilberto Santa Rosa
b. 1962
Puerto Rican musician
Notable Deaths
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Nell McCafferty
d. 2024
Irish journalist and playwright (1944–2024)
Bill Pascrell
d. 2024
American politician (1937–2024)
John Amos
d. 2024
American actor (1939–2024)
Celso Piña
d. 2019
Mexican musician and producer (1953–2019)
Stefán Karl Stefánsson
d. 2018
Icelandic actor and singer (1975–2018)
Bajram Rexhepi
d. 2017
Prime Minister of Kosovo (1954–2017)
Raul Seixas
d. 1989
Brazilian singer-songwriter and music producer (1945-1989)
Adelbert von Chamisso
d. 1838
German poet and botanist (1781–1838)
On This Day in History
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2017
A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States.
Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017
2013
Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
Ghouta chemical attack
2000
American golfer Tiger Woods wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
Tiger Woods
1995
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, attempts to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in Carroll County near Carrollton, Georgia, killing nine of the 29 people on board.
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529
1994
Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board.
Royal Air Maroc Flight 630
1993
NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
NASA
1991
Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.
Latvia
1991
Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
1991 Soviet coup attempt