On this day: 21 August

Selected events and births on 21 August, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1789 – The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa. Read more: National colours of Italy Cockade of Italy Genoa
• 1911 – Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre by museum employee Vincenzo Peruggia and was not recovered until two years later. Read more: Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Louvre
• 2007 – BioShock was released in North America, becoming a critical success and a demonstration of video games as an art form. Read more: BioShock Video games as an art form

Born on this day

• 1909 – Ethel Caterham, English supercentenarian Read more: Ethel Caterham Supercentenarian
• 1938 – Steve Cowper, American politician, 6th Governor of Alaska Read more: Steve Cowper List of governors of Alaska
• 1939 – James Burton, American Hall of Fame guitarist Read more: James Burton Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• 1944 – Perry Christie, Bahamian politician, third Prime Minister of the Bahamas Read more: Perry Christie Prime Minister of the Bahamas
• 1952 – Jiří Paroubek, Czech soldier and politician, sixth Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Read more: Jiří Paroubek Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
• 1958 – Steve Case, American businessman, co-founder of America Online (AOL) Read more: Steve Case AOL
• 1963 – Mohammed VI of Morocco, King of Morocco Read more: Mohammed VI of Morocco Morocco
• 1973 – Sergey Brin, Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded Google Read more: Sergey Brin Google
• 1981 – Cameron Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU Read more: Cameron Winklevoss ConnectU
• 1981 – Tyler Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU Read more: Tyler Winklevoss ConnectU
• 1986 – Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thai politician and 31st Prime Minister of Thailand Read more: Paetongtarn Shinawatra List of prime ministers of Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand
• 2007 – Piper Rockelle, American model and singer Read more: Piper Rockelle

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / August 21 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.