August 1
August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar (214th in
leap years), with 152 days remaining.
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30 BC -
Octavian (later known as
Augustus) enters
Alexandria,
Egypt, bringing it under the control of the
Roman Republic.
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527 -
Justinian I becomes
Byzantine Emperor.
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607 -
Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the
Sui court in
China (Traditional
Japanese date:
July 3,
607).
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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.
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1291 - The
Swiss Confederation is formed.
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1461 -
Edward IV is crowned king of
England.
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1492 -
Ferdinand and
Isabella drive the
Jews out of
Spain.
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1498 -
Christopher Columbus becomes the first
European to visit
Venezuela.
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1619 - First
African slaves arrive in
Jamestown, Virginia.
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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.
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1774 - The element
oxygen is discovered by
Carl Wilhelm and
Joseph Priestley.
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1798 -
French Revolutionary Wars:
Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay) - Battle begins when a
British fleet under the command of Rear-Admiral
Horatio Nelson engages the
French Revolutionary Navy fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral
François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers in an unusual night action.
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1800 - The
Act of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the
Kingdom of Great Britain and the
Kingdom of Ireland into the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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1820 -
London's
Regent's Canal opens.
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1831 -
London Bridge opens.
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1832 - The
Black Hawk War ends.
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1834 -
Slavery is abolished in the
British Empire.
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1838 - Slaves in
Trinidad and Tobago are emancipated.
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1864 - The
Elgin Watch Company is founded in
Elgin, Illinois.
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1876 -
Colorado is admitted as the 38th
U.S. state.
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1894 - The
First Sino-Japanese War erupts between
Japan and
China over
Korea.
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1902 - The
United States buys the rights to the
Panama Canal from
France.
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1907 -
First Scout camp opens on
Brownsea Island. It was set up on
July 29th and ran until
August 9th.
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1914 -
Germany declares war on
Russia at the opening of
World War I.
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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.
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1936 -
Olympic Games:
Summer Olympic Games - The
Games of the XI Olympiad open in
Berlin.
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1937 -
Tito reads the resolution "
Manifesto of constitutional
congress of
KPH" to the constitutive
congress of
KPH (
Croatian Communist Party) in woods near
Samobor.
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1941 - The first
Jeep is produced.
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1944 -
Anne Frank makes the last entry in her
diary.
*1944 -
Warsaw Uprising against the
Nazi occupation breaks out in
Warsaw,
Poland.
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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.
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1946 - The
Japanese Federation of Trade Unions is formed.
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1948 - The
U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations is founded.
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1957 - The
United States and
Canada form the
North American Air Defense Command (
NORAD).
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1960 -
Dahomey (later renamed
Benin) declares independence from
France.
*1960 -
Communist PAI is banned in
Senegal.
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1960 -
Islamabad declared as the
federal capital of the
Government of Pakistan.
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1961 -
Six Flags Over Texas, the first
Six Flags park, opens.
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1965 -
Princess Beatrix of the
Netherlands announces her engagement to
Claus von Amsberg.
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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.
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1967 -
Israel annexes
East Jerusalem.
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1968 - The coronation is held of
Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th
Sultan of Brunei.
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1970 -
Powder Ridge Rock Festival.
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1971 -
Concert for Bangladesh.
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1975 -
CSCE Final Act creates the
Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
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1977 -
Frank H.T. Rhodes is elected
President of
Cornell University, a post he would hold for 18 years.
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1981 -
MTV broadcasts its first video, "
Video Killed The Radio Star" by the
Buggles.
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1988 -
Rush Limbaugh was syndicated nationally as a two hour radio show.
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1994 -
Michael Jackson and
Lisa Marie Presley confirm rumors that they had married eleven weeks earlier.
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1996 -
Olympic Games:
1996 Summer Olympics -
Michael Johnson 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".
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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.
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2004 - A supermarket fire kills 215 people and injures 300 in
Asunción,
Paraguay.
*2004 - A bomb attack in front of
Prague's
Casino Royal.
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2005 -
German spelling reform of 1996 is formally implemented.
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10 BC -
Claudius,
Roman Emperor (d.
54)
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126 -
Pertinax,
Roman Emperor (d.
193)
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1313 -
Emperor Kogon of Japan (d.
1364)
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1377 -
Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d.
1433)
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1545 -
Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d.
1622)
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1555 -
Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d.
1597)
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1579 -
Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d.
1644)
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1630 -
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d.
1673)
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1713 -
Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d.
1780)
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1714 -
Richard Wilson, Welsh painter (d.
1782)
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1738 -
Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d.
1794)
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1744 -
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (d.
1829)
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1770 -
William Clark, American explorer (d.
1838)
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1779 -
Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (d.
1843)
* 1779 -
Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d.
1851)
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1815 -
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer, politician, and author (d.
1882)
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1818 -
Maria Mitchell, American astronomer (d.
1889)
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1819 -
Herman Melville, American writer (d.
1891)
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1843 -
Robert Todd Lincoln, eldest son of Pres. Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln,
United States Secretary of War (d.
1926)
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1858 -
Hans Rott, Austrian composer (d.
1884)
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1885 -
George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist,
Nobel Prize Laureate (d.
1966)
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1881 -
Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician (d.
1940)
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1889 -
Walter Gerlach, German physicist (d.
1979)
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1891 -
Karl Kobelt, Swiss politician (d.
1968)
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1894 -
Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (d.
1927)
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1910 -
James Henry Govier, British artist (d.
1974)
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1921 -
Jack Kramer, American tennis player
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1922 -
Pat McDonald, Australian actress (d.
1990)
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1924 -
Georges Charpak, Ukrainian-born physicist,
Nobel Prize Laureate*
1925 -
Ernst Jandl, Austrian writer (d.
2000)
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1927 -
Raymond Leppard, English conductor
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1930 -
Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (d.
2002)
* 1930 -
Lionel Bart, English song-writer (d.
1999)
* 1930 -
Julie Bovasso, American actor and writer (d.
1991)
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1932 -
Meir Kahane, American orthodox rabbi and founder of the
Jewish Defense League (JDL) (d.
1990)
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1933 -
Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian
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1936 -
Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer
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1937 -
Al D'Amato,
United States Senator from New York*
1942 -
Jerry Garcia, American guitarist, lyricist, and singer (The
Grateful Dead) (d.
1995)
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1945 -
Douglas D. Osheroff, American physicist,
Nobel Prize Laureate*
1946 -
Sandi Griffiths, American singer,
The Lawrence Welk Show* 1946 -
Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist
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1949 -
Kurmanbek Bakiyev,
President of Kyrgyzstan*
1950 -
Jim Carroll, American poet and actor
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1951 -
Tommy Bolin, Amercian guitarist
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1951 -
Pete Mackanin, Amercian baseball player
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1952 -
Zoran Đinđić,
Prime Minister of Serbia (d.
2003)
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1953 -
Robert Cray, American singer
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1955 -
Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer
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1956 -
Tom Leykis, American radio personality
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1958 -
Adrian Dunbar, Northern Irish actor
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1959 -
Joe Elliott, English musician (
Def Leppard)
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1960 -
Chuck D, American rapper (
Public Enemy)
* 1960 -
Richard Roeper, American newspaper columnist and film critic
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1962 -
Robert Clift, British field hockey player
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1963 -
Coolio, American rapper
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1965 -
Sam Mendes, British stage and film director
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1967 -
Gregg Jefferies, baseball player
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1969 -
Kevin Jarvis, baseball player
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1970 -
David James, English footballer
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1972 -
Devon Hughes, US professional wrestler
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1973 -
Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress
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1976 -
Kanu, Nigerian footballer
* 1976 -
Kevin Joseph, baseball player
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1977 -
Marc Denis, NHL Hockey player - Goaltender
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1978 -
Edgerrin James, American football player
* 1978 -
Dhani Harrison, musician
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1979 -
Junior Agogo, footballer
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1981 -
M. Shadows, American musician (
Avenged Sevenfold)
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1981 -
Ashley Parker Angel, American musician, formerly of (
O-Town)
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1984 -
Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
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371 -
St Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop (bc.
283)
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1137 - King
Louis VI of France (b.
1081)
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1227 -
Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b.
1179)
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1402 -
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of
Edward III of England (b.
1341)
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1457 -
Lorenzo Valla, Italian humanist (bc.
1406)
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1464 -
Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b.
1386)
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1541 -
Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b.
1493)
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1546 -
Peter Faber, French
Jesuit theologian (b.
1506)
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1557 -
Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b.
1490)
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1580 -
Albrecht Giese IV, German politician and diplomat (b.
1524)
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1589 -
Jacques Clément, French assassin of
Henry III of France (b.
1567)
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1714 - Queen
Anne of Great Britain (b.
1665)
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1787 -
Alphonsus Liguori, Italian founder of the
Redemptionist order (b.
1696)
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1796 -
Robert Pigot, British army officer (b.
1720)
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1798 -
François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b.
1753)
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1812 -
Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b.
1763)
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1851 -
William Joseph Behr, German writer (b.
1775)
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1866 -
John Ross (aka. Kooweskoowe), Principal Chief of the
Cherokee Nation (b.
1790)
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1917 -
Frank Little, American labor organizer (lynched) (b.
1879)
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1918 -
John Riley Banister, American cowboy and
Texas Ranger (b.
1854)
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1920 -
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian nationalist leader (b.
1856)
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1964 -
Johnny Burnette, American singer (b.
1934)
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1966 -
Charles Whitman, American mass murderer (shot by police) (b.
1941)
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1967 -
Richard Kuhn, Austrian chemist,
Nobel Prize Laureate (b.
1900)
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1970 -
Frances Farmer, American actress (b.
1913)
* 1970 -
Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist,
Nobel Prize Laureate (b.
1883)
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1973 -
Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer (b.
1882)
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1977 -
Gary Powers, American spy plane pilot (b.
1929)
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1981 -
Paddy Chayefsky, American writer (b.
1923)
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1989 -
John Ogdon, English pianist (b.
1937)
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1990 -
Norbert Elias, German sociologist (b.
1897)
* 1990 -
Graham Young, British serial killer (b.
1947)
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1996 -
Frida Boccara, French singer (b.
1940)
* 1996 -
Tadeus Reichstein, Polish chemist,
Nobel Prize Laureate (b.
1897)
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1997 -
Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist (b.
1915)
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1999 -
Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian-born writer (b.
1897)
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2001 -
Korey Stringer, American football player (b.
1974)
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2003 -
Guy Thys, Belgian football coach (b.
1922)
* 2003 -
Marie Trintignant, French actress (b.
1962)
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2004 -
Philip Abelson American physicist,
Nobel Prize Laureate (b.
1913)
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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)
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2006 -
Danny Nucci, American actor (b.
1968)
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Orthodox Christianity -
Procession of the Cross.
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Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 5 saints:
**St.
Ethelwolf**Sts.
Faith,
Hope, and
Charity (sisters).
**St.
Pellegrini/
Peregrinus*
Angola -
Armed Forces Day.
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Barbados,
Trinidad and Tobago -
Emancipation Day.
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Benin -
National Day.
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People's Republic of China - Anniversary of the Founding of the
People's Liberation Army.
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Democratic Republic of Congo - Parent's Day
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Horses' Birthday - In the southern hemisphere, all thoroughbreds enjoy their birthday on August the 1st.
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Nicaragua -
Fiesta Day.
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Rastafari movement - Celebration of the liberation of
Haile Selassie from
slavery.
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Switzerland -
National Day.
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Bahá'í Faith -
Feast of Kamál (Perfection) - First day of the eighth month of the
Bahá'í Calendar.
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Lughnasadh -
Lá Lúnasa, the traditional first day of
Autumn in
Ireland.
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Lammas -
Neopagan festival of
Lammas.
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Lebanon -
Army's Day (
Eid al-Jaysh).
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Yorkshire,
United Kingdom -
Yorkshire Day.
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World Scout Day - anniversary of the first day of the
Brownsea Island Camp in
1907, where
Robert Baden-Powell began
scouting.
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BBC: On This Day*
The New York Times: On This Day*
Epic Idiot: On This Day*
ABC Goulburn Murray: Happy Birthday HorseJuly 31 -
August 2 -
July 1 -
September 1 --
listing of all days
