Thursday August 21, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
World War II: the Guadalcanal campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, France.
James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
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 possible Soviet reprisals.
An Australian, Michael Dennis Rohan, sets the Al-Aqsa Mosque on fire, a major catalyst of the formation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
Ruby Ridge Standoff in Idaho
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 ?

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King Philip II of France (d. 1223)
Hubert Gautier, French scientist and civil engineer (d. 1737)
Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734)
Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903)
Christopher Robin Milne, inspiration for the Winnie-the-Pooh stories (d. 1996)
Kenny Rogers, American singer and actor
Burney Lamar, American race car driver
Chantelle Houghton, British TV personality
Alizée Jacotey, French singer

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