BirthAugust 211991

Jesse Rutherford

Jesse Rutherford, American singer and songwriter

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When
Wednesday, August 21 199135 years ago
Category
BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Era
20th century · 1990s
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Who they were

Jesse Rutherford, American singer and songwriter

Why this date

Jesse Rutherford appears on our August 21 calendar for 1991 as a birth entry.

August 21 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

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  5. 1995Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529
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  9. 2013Syrian civil war
  10. 2015Thalys
  11. 2017Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017

Also in 1991

  • September 9TajikistanTajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
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  • March 14EscondidaEscondida, one of the most productive copper mines in the world, was officially inaugurated.
  • September 12Space Shuttle DiscoveryNASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-48 to deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.
  • September 17EstoniaEstonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
  • September 17LinuxThe first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
  • September 5Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
  • October 201991 Uttarkashi earthquakeAn earthquake struck the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 768 people and destroying thousands of homes.

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August 21 1991 — 35 years ago, on a Wednesday.

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