On This Day — August 1

🕰️ Notable Events on August 1

• 2017 — A suicide attack on a mosque in Heart, Afghanistan kills 20 people. Wikipedia ↗
• 2008 — The Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world. Wikipedia ↗
• 2008 — Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering. Wikipedia ↗
• 2007 — The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour. Wikipedia ↗
• 2004 — A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay. Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak. Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England. Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state. Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland. Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones. Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei. Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police. Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization. Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France. Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan. Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason. Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — World War II: The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi German occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland. Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — World War II: Operation Tidal Wave also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields. Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor. Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler. Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens executed by the Nazi regime in Altona. Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I. Wikipedia ↗
• 1911 — Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate. Wikipedia ↗
• 1907 — The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement. Wikipedia ↗
• 1894 — The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea. Wikipedia ↗
• 1893 — Henry Perky patents shredded wheat. Wikipedia ↗
• 1876 — Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state. Wikipedia ↗
• 1855 — The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps. Wikipedia ↗
• 1842 — The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Wikipedia ↗
• 1834 — Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force. Wikipedia ↗
• 1801 — First Barbary War: The American schooner USS Enterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya. Wikipedia ↗
• 1800 — The Acts of Union 1800 are passed which merge the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Wikipedia ↗
• 1798 — French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay): Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action. Wikipedia ↗
• 1774 — British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. Wikipedia ↗
• 1759 — Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments. Wikipedia ↗
• 1714 — George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history. Wikipedia ↗
• 1664 — Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár. Wikipedia ↗
• 1620 — Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England. Wikipedia ↗
• 1498 — Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela. Wikipedia ↗
• 1469 — Louis XI of France founds the chivalric order called the Order of Saint Michael in Amboise. Wikipedia ↗
• 1291 — The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter. Wikipedia ↗
• 1203 — Isaac II Angelos, restored Eastern Roman Emperor, declares his son Alexios IV Angelos co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Fourth Crusade. Wikipedia ↗
• 902 — Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabids army, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily. Wikipedia ↗
• 607 — Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607). Wikipedia ↗
• 527 — Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. Wikipedia ↗
• Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic. Wikipedia ↗
• Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on August 1

• 1996 — Katie Boulter, English tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Austin Rivers, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Piotr Malarczyk, Polish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Aledmys Díaz, Cuban baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Jean Hugues Gregoire, Mauritian swimmer Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Elton Jantjies, South African rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Madison Bumgarner, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Mustafa Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Patryk Małecki, Polish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Bodene Thompson, New Zealand rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Karen Carney, English women's football winger Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Lee Wallace, Scottish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Damien Allen, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Anton Strålman, Swedish ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Andrew Taylor, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Mike Wallace, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Stuart Holden, Scottish-American soccer player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Adam Jones, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Cole Kimball, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Tendai Mtawarira, South African rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Kris Stadsgaard, Danish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Dušan Švento, Slovak footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Steve Feak, American game designer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Francesco Gavazzi, Italian cyclist Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Brandon Kintzler, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Bobby Carpenter, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Craig Clarke, New Zealand rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Julien Faubert, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — David Gervasi, Swiss decathlete Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Basem Fathi, Jordanian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Montserrat Lombard, English actress, director, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Dean Cox, Australian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Pia Haraldsen, Norwegian journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Christofer Heimeroth, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Stephen Hunt, Irish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Jamie Jones-Buchanan, English rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Mancini, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Romain Barras, French decathlete Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Esteban Paredes, Chilean footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Nathan Fien, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Jason Momoa, American actor, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Andy Blignaut, Zimbabwean cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Björn Ferry, Swedish biathlete Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Dhani Harrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Chris Iwelumo, Scottish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Edgerrin James, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Marc Denis, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Haspop, French-Moroccan dancer, choreographer, and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Darnerien McCants, American-Canadian football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Damien Saez, French singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Yoshi Tatsu, Japanese wrestler and boxer Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Don Hertzfeldt, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Søren Jochumsen, Danish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — David Nemirovsky, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Cristian Stoica, Romanian-Italian rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Vhrsti, Czech author and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Cher Calvin, American journalist Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Tyron Henderson, South African cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Dennis Lawrence, Trinidadian footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Beckie Scott, Canadian skier Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Gregg Berhalter, American soccer player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgian runner Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Edurne Pasaban, Spanish mountaineer Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Nicke Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Christer Basma, Norwegian footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Todd Bouman, American football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Thomas Woods, American historian, economist, and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Quentin Coryatt, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — David James, English footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Eugenie van Leeuwen, Dutch cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Andrei Borissov, Estonian footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Kevin Jarvis, American baseball player and scout Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Graham Thorpe, English cricketer and journalist Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Stacey Augmon, American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Dan Donegan, American heavy metal guitarist and songwriter (Disturbed) Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Japanese baseball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Gregg Jefferies, American baseball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — José Padilha, Brazilian director, producer and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — James St. James, American club promoter and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Brandt Jobe, American golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Sam Mendes, English director and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Adam Duritz, American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Fiona Hyslop, Scottish businesswoman and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Augusta Read Thomas, American composer, conductor and educator Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Coolio, American rapper, producer, and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — John Carroll Lynch, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut and engineer Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Dean Wareham, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Jacob Matlala, South African boxer (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Chuck D, American rapper and songwriter (Public Enemy) Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Suzi Gardner, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (L7) Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Joe Elliott, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Michael Penn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Taylor Negron, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — James Gleick, American journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Benno Möhlmann, German footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Robert Cray, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Howard Kurtz, American journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Zoran Đinđić, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Tim Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976) Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Pete Mackanin, American baseball player, coach, and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Roy Williams, American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Jim Carroll, American poet, author, and musician (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Ray Nettles, American football player (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Avi Arad, Israeli-American screenwriter and producer, founded Marvel Studios Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Cliff Branch, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — David Gemmell, English journalist and author (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and guitarist (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Rick Coonce, American drummer (The Grass Roots) (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Richard O. Covey, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Douglas Osheroff, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Russian banker and politician (d. 1998) Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995) Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004) Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Mervyn Kitchen, English cricketer and umpire Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Henry Silverman, American businessman, founded Cendant Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Iranian writer and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Terry Kiser, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Stephen Sykes, English bishop and theologian (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Robert James Waller, American author and photographer (d. 2017) Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Al D'Amato, American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — W. D. Hamilton, Egyptian born British biologist, psychologist, and academic (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded Yves Saint Laurent (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Laurie Taylor, English sociologist, radio host, and academic Wikipedia ↗

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