About the day » Monday August 21, 1916Calender converter

• Agnes POLLMEIER, Fort Madison,Iowa († 2000)
• Anna Maria ZEGERS, Baarle-Hertog,2387,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1993)
• Anita Davis, Dallas, Dallas, Texas († 1991)
• Augusta Femmetje Visser, Schoten († 1916)
• Adriana Streef († 2000)
• Antonie Aart Koolhaas, Kamperveen († 1965)
• Anna Helena Roijaards, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Alida Kooiman, Cappelle aan de IJssel († 1944)
• Alida Cornelia Warmerdam, Noordwijkerhout († 2007)
• Albert Meringa, Sleen Coevorden Drenthe Nederland († 1999)

• Annigje Diepenhorst (71), Strijen
• Antonius Hendrikus Wilhelmus Meijers (0), Grubbenvorst
• Arend Volgers (0), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, NL
• Bastiana Jacomina de JONGE (1), Kloetinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• (Jan) Johannes (Jacobusz.) Ouborg (80), Groot-Ammers
• Bartus Swanik (74), Springfield Illinois (USA)
• Adriaan Lindhout (48), Bergeijk
• Cornelis van den Berg (57), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonetta Johanna Alberta Gevers (0), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriaan Lindhoudt (48), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1909 » Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist († 1992)
• 1912 » Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1995)
• 1914 » Doug Wright, English cricketer and coach († 1998)
• 1916 » Bill Lee, American actor and singer († 1980)
• 1916 » Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter († 2005)
• 1917 » Leonid Hurwicz, Russian economist and mathematician († 2008)
• 1918 » Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 2004)
• 1921 » Reuven Feuerstein, Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic († 2014)
• 1922 » Albert Irvin, English soldier and painter († 2015)
• 1923 » Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2014)

• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
• January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
• January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
• September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
• October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
• November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
• November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.

The temperature on August 21, 1916 was between 8.2 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.