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August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in Leap Year s), with 152 days remaining.
Events
- 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus ) enters Alexandria , Egypt , bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic .
- 527 - Justinian I becomes Byzantine Emperor .
- 607 - Ono No Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese Date : July 3, 607).
- 1203 - Isaac II Angelus , restored Eastern Roman Emperor , declares his son Alexius IV Angelus co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Fourth Crusade .
- 1291 - The Swiss Confederation is formed.
- 1461 - Edward IV is crowned king of England .
- 1492 - Ferdinand and Isabella drive the Jew s out of Spain .
- 1498 - Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit Venezuela .
- 1619 - First African Slaves arrive in Jamestown, Virginia .
- 1664 - The Ottoman Empire is defeated in the Battle Of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli , resulting in the Peace Of Vasvár .
- 1774 - The element Oxygen is discovered by Carl Wilhelm and Joseph Priestley .
- 1798 - Battle Of The Nile starts between French and British fleets.
- 1820 - London 's Regent's Canal opens.
- 1831 - London Bridge opens.
- 1832 - The Black Hawk War ends.
- 1834 - Slavery is abolished in the British Empire .
- 1838 - Slaves in Trinidad And Tobago are emancipated.
- 1864 - The Elgin Watch Company is founded in Elgin, Illinois
- 1876 - Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. State .
- 1894 - The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea .
- 1902 - The United States buys the rights to the Panama Canal from France .
- 1907 - First Scout camp opens on Brownsea Island . It was set up on July 29th and ran until August 9th.
- 1914 - Germany declares war on Russia at the opening of World War I .
- 1927 - The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Communist Party Of China . This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army .
- 1936 - The Berlin Olympic Games open.
- 1937 - Tito reads the resolution " Manifesto of constitutional Congress of KPH" to the constitutive Congress of KPH ( Croatian Communist Party ) in woods near Samobor .
- 1941 - The first Jeep is produced.
- 1944 - Anne Frank makes the last entry in her Diary .
- 1944 - Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation breaks out in Warsaw , Poland .
- 1945 - Mel Ott becomes the third member of the 500 Home Run Club with a Home Run at the Polo Grounds in New York, New York .
- 1946 - The Japanese Federation of Trade Unions is formed.
- 1948 - The U.S. Air Force Office Of Special Investigations is founded.
- 1957 - The United States and Canada form the North American Air Defense Command ( NORAD ).
- 1960 - Dahomey (later renamed Benin ) declares independence from France
- --- Communist PAI is banned in Senegal .
- 1961 - Six Flags Over Texas , the first Six Flags Park , opens.
- 1965 - Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands announces her engagement to Claus Von Amsberg .
- 1966 - Charles Whitman kills 15 people shooting from the Main Building at the University Of Texas At Austin before being killed by the police.
- 1966 - Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official People's Republic Of China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution .
- 1967 - Israel annexes East Jerusalem .
- 1968 - The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah , the 29th Sultan Of Brunei .
- 1970 - Powder Ridge Rock Festival
- 1971 - George Harrison 's Concert For Bangladesh in New York City features, among others, Bob Dylan , Eric Clapton , Ringo Starr and Leon Russell .
- 1975 - CSCE Final Act creates the Conference For Security And Co-operation In Europe .
- 1977 - Frank H.T. Rhodes is elected President of Cornell University , a post he would hold for 18 years.
- 1981 - First broadcasts by MTV . The first video played was " Video Killed The Radio Star " by the Buggles .
- 1988 - Rush Limbaugh was syndicated nationally as a two hour radio show
- 1994 - Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley confirm rumors that they had married eleven weeks earlier.
- wins the 200-meter dash in 19.32 seconds, beating the old world record by over 0.3 seconds.
- 1996 - MTV2 makes its first broadcasts. The first video played was Beck 's " Where It's At ".
- 2001 - An agreement is reached on the position of the minority Albanian Language in the Republic Of Macedonia .
- 2001 - Bulgaria , Cyprus , Latvia , Malta , Slovenia and Slovakia join the European Environment Agency .
- 2001 - Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a 2-1/2 ton Ten Commandments monument installed in the rotunda of the judiciary building, leading to a Lawsuit to have it removed and his own removal from office.
- 2004 - A supermarket fire kills 215 people and injures 300 in Asunción , Paraguay .
- 2004 - A bomb attack in front of Prague 's Casino Royal.
- 2005 - German Spelling Reform Of 1996 is formally implemented
Births
- 10 BC - Claudius , Roman Emperor (d. 54 )
- 126 - Pertinax , Roman Emperor (d. 193 )
- 1313 - Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364 )
- 1377 - Emperor Go-Komatsu Of Japan (d. 1433 )
- 1545 - Andrew Melville , Scottish theologian and religious reformer (b. 1622 )
- 1555 - Edward Kelley , English spirit medium (d. 1597 )
- 1579 - Luís Vélez De Guevara , Spanish writer (d. 1644 )
- 1630 - Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford Of Chudleigh , English statesman (d. 1673 )
- 1713 - Charles I, Duke Of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780 )
- 1714 - Richard Wilson , Welsh painter (d. 1782 )
- 1744 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck , French scientist (d. 1829 )
- 1770 - William Clark , American explorer (d. 1838 )
- 1779 - Francis Scott Key , American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843 )
- 1779 - Lorenz Oken , German naturalist (d. 1851 )
- 1815 - Richard Henry Dana, Jr. , American lawyer, politician, and author (d. 1882 )
- 1818 - Maria Mitchell , American astronomer (d. 1889 )
- 1819 - Herman Melville , American writer (d. 1891 )
- 1858 - Hans Rott , Austrian composer (d. 1884 )
- 1885 - George De Hevesy , Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1966 )
- 1889 - Walter Gerlach , German physicist (d. 1979 )
- 1891 - Karl Kobelt , Swiss politician (d. 1968 )
- 1910 - James Henry Govier , British artist (d. 1974 )
- 1921 - Jack Kramer , American tennis player
- 1922 - Pat McDonald , Australian actress (d. 1990 )
- 1924 - Georges Charpak , Ukrainian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1925 - Ernst Jandl , Austrian writer (d. 2000 )
- 1927 - Raymond Leppard , English conductor
- 1930 - Pierre Bourdieu , French sociologist (d. 2002 )
- 1930 - Lionel Bart , English song-writer (d. 1999 )
- 1932 - Meir Kahane , American orthodox rabbi and founder of the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990 )
- 1933 - Dom DeLuise , American actor and comedian
- 1936 - Yves Saint Laurent , French fashion designer
- 1937 - Al D'Amato , U.S. Senator from New York
- 1942 - Jerry Garcia , American guitarist, lyricist, and singer (The Grateful Dead ) (d. 1995 )
- 1945 - Douglas D. Osheroff , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1946 - Sandi Griffiths , American singer, '' The Lawrence Welk Show ''
- 1946 - Fiona Stanley , Australian epidemiologist
- 1949 - Kurmanbek Bakiyev , President of Kyrgyzstan
- 1950 - Jim Carroll , American poet and actor
- 1952 - Zoran Đinđić , Prime Minister Of Serbia (d. 2003 )
- 1953 - Robert Cray , American singer
- 1955 - Trevor Berbick , Jamaican boxer
- 1956 - Tom Leykis , American radio personality
- 1958 - Adrian Dunbar , Northern Irish actor
- 1959 - Joe Elliott , English musician ( Def Leppard )
- 1960 - Chuck D , American rapper ( Public Enemy )
- 1960 - Richard Roeper , American newspaper columnist and film critic
- 1962 - Robert Clift , British field hockey player
- 1963 - Coolio , American rapper
- 1965 - Sam Mendes , British stage and film director
- 1970 - David James , English footballer
- 1972 - Devon Hughes , US professional wrestler
- 1973 - Tempestt Bledsoe , American actress
- 1978 - Edgerrin James , American football player
- 1984 - Bastian Schweinsteiger , German footballer
Deaths
- 371 - St Eusebius Of Vercelli , Italian bishop
- 1137 - King Louis VI Of France (b. 1081 )
- 1227 - Shimazu Tadahisa , Japanese warlord (b. 1179 )
- 1402 - Edmund Of Langley, 1st Duke Of York , son of Edward III Of England (b. 1341 )
- 1457 - Lorenzo Valla , Italian humanist
- 1464 - Cosimo De' Medici , ruler of Florence (b. 1386 )
- 1541 - Simon Grynaeus , German theologian (b. 1493 )
- 1546 - Peter Faber , French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506 )
- 1557 - Olaus Magnus , Swedish writer (b. 1490 )
- 1580 - Albrecht Giese IV , German politician and diplomat (b. 1524 )
- 1589 - Jacques Clément , French assassin of Henry III Of France (b. 1567 )
- 1598 - Abraham Ortelius , Belgian cartographer (b. 1527 )
- 1714 - Queen Anne Of Great Britain (b. 1665 )
- 1787 - Alphonsus Liguori , Italian founder of the Redemptionist order (b. 1696 )
- 1796 - Robert Pigot , British army officer (b. 1720 )
- 1798 - François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers , French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1853 )
- 1851 - William Joseph Behr , German writer (b. 1775 )
- 1866 - John Ross (Cherokee Chief) , Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1790 )
- 1917 - Frank Little , American labor organizer (lynched) (b. 1879 )
- 1918 - John Riley Banister , American cowboy and Texas Ranger (b. 1854 )
- 1920 - Bal Gangadhar Tilak , Indian nationalist leader (b. 1856 )
- 1964 - Johnny Burnette , American singer (b. 1934 )
- 1967 - Richard Kuhn , Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900 )
- 1970 - Frances Farmer , American actress (b. 1913 )
- 1970 - Otto Heinrich Warburg , German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883 )
- 1973 - Gian Francesco Malipiero , Italian composer (b. 1882 )
- 1977 - Gary Powers , American spy plane pilot (b. 1929 )
- 1981 - Paddy Chayefsky , American writer (b. 1923 )
- 1989 - John Ogdon , English pianist (b. 1937 )
- 1990 - Norbert Elias , German sociologist (b. 1897 )
- 1990 - Graham Young , British serial killer (b. 1947 )
- 1996 - Frida Boccara , French singer (b. 1940 )
- 1996 - Tadeus Reichstein , Polish chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1897 )
- 1997 - Sviatoslav Richter , Ukrainian pianist (b. 1915 )
- 1999 - Nirad C. Chaudhuri , Indian-born writer (b. 1897 )
- 2001 - Korey Stringer , American football player (b. 1974 )
- 2003 - Guy Thys , Belgian football coach (b. 1922 )
- 2003 - Marie Trintignant , French actress (b. 1962 )
- 2004 - Philip Hauge Abelson American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913 )
- 2005 - Al Aronowitz , American music journalist (b. 1928 )
- 2005 - King Fahd Of Saudi Arabia (b. 1923 )
- 2005 - Constant Nieuwenhuys , Dutch painter (b. 1920 )
- 2005 - Wibo , Dutch cartoonist (b. 1918 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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