A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on August 1 throughout history.
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Justinian I (Latin: Iustinianus, Ancient Greek: Ἰουστινιανός, romanized: Ioustinianós; 482 – 14 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was...
Results of the Domesday inquiry are presented to William the Conqueror in Salisbury (the date of compilation and the Great Domesday are historically contestable)
Joseph Priestley (24 March 1733 – 6 February 1804) was an English chemist, Unitarian, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator and classical liberal political...
Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into effect, abolishing slavery across the British Empire
Nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus begins the first transit of the North Pole in Operation Sunshine
Former US President Donald Trump is indicted by special counsel Jack Smith on charges of conspiring to defraud the country and prevent the peaceful transfer of power [1]
George Harrison's benefit concerts for Bangladesh (two shows) take place at Madison Square Garden, NYC; performers include Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Ravi Shankar, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, and Leon Russell
"Video Killed the Radio Star" is a song written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, and Bruce Woolley in 1979.
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: Spiele der XI.
Earl Engelbert I of Nassau marries Johanna of Poland
Future Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (32) marries Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (16) at the church of Santa María del Mar, Barcelona
Physicist Niels Bohr (26) weds Margrethe Norlund at a civil ceremony in Slagelse, Denmark
English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor's 6th divorce from Welsh actor Richard Burton; their 2nd divorce from each other
Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607)
Peace of Koblenz: Charles the Bald, Louis the German, and Lotharius II
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim II ibn Ahmad (27 June 850 – 23 October 902) was the Emir of Ifriqiya. He ruled from 875 until his abdication in 902.
Synod of Pavia: Emperor Henry II convicts married priest
Peter the Hermit (1050 – 8 July 1115 or 1131), also known as Little Peter, Peter of Amiens (French: Pierre d'Amiens) or Peter of Achères (French: Pierre d'Achères), was a Roman Catholic priest of...
Alexius IV Angelus is appointed co-regent of Byzantium
The Everlasting League is signed by Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden, forming the basis of the Swiss Confederation (independence)
Dutch Count Ernest Casimir I, Duke of Nassau-Dietz, conquers Oldenzaal
French Ursuline nun Marie de l’Incarnation arrives in Quebec on board the Saint-Joseph, goes on to open the first school for girls, and plays a large part in establishing Catholicism in New France [1]
Battle of St. Gotthard, West Hungary: Imperial Army led by Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats Ottoman forces under Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha
Huron chief Kondiaronk urges First Nations people to sign a peace settlement with France and dies the next day, resulting in the Great Peace of Montreal
Doggett's Coat and Badge is the prize and name for the oldest continuous rowing race in the world.
Nicholas Rowe is appointed British Poet Laureate by George I
In a period known as the South Sea Bubble, the South Sea Company reaches a frenzy in London as the stock price of the South Sea Company peaks at £1,000, collapses soon after, and falls to £124 by December
Foundations are laid for the Bank of England
Battle of Minden, Westphalia: Anglo-German army under Prussian Field Marshal Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats a French army led by Marshal of France Marquis de Contades
Battle of Kagul: smaller Russian army defeats larger Ottoman and Cossack force in Moldavia, the major land battle of the Russo-Turkish War and one of the largest battles of the 18th century
The First League of Armed Neutrality was an alliance of European naval powers between 1780 and 1783 which was intended to resist British attempts to inspect neutral shipping for French contraband...
Caroline Herschel becomes the first woman to discover a comet
US Customs begins enforcing the Tariff Act
France, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe.
The Whiskey Rebels is a 2008 historical novel by American writer David Liss, inspired by events in the early history of the United States.
Rare tornado hits Westchester County, New York
Dutch King William I accepts blame for Southern defeat
Regent's Canal is a canal across an area just north of central London, England. It provides a link from the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, 550 yards (500 m) north-west of Paddington Basin...
The Bolton and Leigh Railway (B&LR) was the first public railway in Lancashire. It opened for goods on 1 August 1828, and thus preceded the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) by two years.
London Bridge across the Thames opens to traffic
The Anatomy Act in the UK ends the practice of body snatching from graves by allowing the use of unclaimed bodies from prisons, workhouses, and hospitals [1]
The apprenticeship system is abolished in most of the British Empire, and former slaves are no longer indentured to former owners
Lombard Street Riot erupts in Philadelphia [1] [2]
San Francisco Methodists establish Zion Methodist church, the first Black church
Castle Garden in New York City, now known as Castle Clinton, opens as the first US receiving station for immigrants [1]
Province of Canada adopts a decimal currency system
The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States from 1861 to...
The Gettysburg campaign was a military invasion of Pennsylvania by the main Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee in summer 1863.
Black people vote for the first time in a US state election in the South (Tennessee)
The Land Acts (officially Land Law (Ireland) Acts) were a series of measures to deal with the question of tenancy contracts and peasant proprietorship of land in Ireland in the nineteenth and...
Colorado is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, and part of the Southwestern United States, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico,...
US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, San Francisco Bay
A papyrus is offered to the British Museum for £10,000, later revealed to be a forgery
The Kermadec Islands ( KUR-mə-dek; Māori: Rangitāhua) are a subtropical island arc in the South Pacific Ocean 800–1,000 km (500–620 mi; 430–540 nmi) northeast of New Zealand's North Island, and a...
The roof of Seville's cathedral collapses after an earthquake
Cecil Rhodes' colonists reach Lundi
Burials within San Francisco city limits are prohibited
Building begins on Dutch public housing
Brooklyn Superbas MLB pitcher Harry McIntire no-hits Pittsburgh for 10 2/3 innings but loses in the 13th inning 1-0 on an unearned run
Brownsea Island is the largest of the islands in Poole Harbour, in the county of Dorset, England.
The High Seas Fleet (German: Hochseeflotte) was the battle fleet of the German Imperial Navy and saw action during the First World War.
The United States has 63 national parks, which are congressionally designated protected areas operated by the National Park Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior.
Frank Little, an American Industrial Workers of the World labor union organizer, is tortured and lynched by unknown assailants in Butte, Montana
British troops enter Vladivostok
Dutch editor and politician Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard
MLB Brooklyn Robins pitcher Dazzy Vance strikes out an MLB record 7 consecutive batters and 14 overall in a 4-0 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field
Shortwave radio link between Kootwijk and Netherlands East Indies
The Druze, who call themselves al-Muwaḥḥidūn (lit. 'the monotheists' or 'the unitarians'), are an esoteric religious group of Arabs who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and...
Wings is a 1927 American silent and synchronized sound war film which won the first Academy Award for Best Picture.
Americans sweep medals at a rainy Olympic pole vault final in Amsterdam, with Sabin Carr winning gold, followed by William Droegemuller and Charles McGinnis
The Washington quarter is the present quarter dollar or 25-cent piece issued by the United States Mint.
Nazi Germany, officially the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it...
US Amateur Golf Championship format changes to a 6-day event with no 36-hole stroke-play qualifying and 36-hole matches for semi-finals and final
Benjamin Elijah Mays (August 1, 1894 – March 28, 1984) was an American Baptist minister and civil rights leader who is credited with laying the intellectual foundations of the American civil rights...
Luftwaffe bombs German 23rd Infantry Division
American Federation of Musicians labor union begins a strike over royalty payment disagreements, refusing to perform on commercial recordings; the ban lasts over 2 years
British Sunderland seaplanes sink German submarines U-454 and U-383
Japanese city Toyama is destroyed by B-29 bombers
The Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI or AFOSI) is a U.S. federal law enforcement agency that reports directly to the Secretary of the Air Force. OSI is also a U.S.
American Bowling Congress ends all-white-male rule
Boston Red Sox pitcher Ben Flowers sets then MLB record of eight consecutive games in relief
South African Natives Resettlement Act comes into effect, empowering the government to remove Africans from any area within and adjacent to the magisterial district of Johannesburg
First microgravity research begins
KRCR TV channel 7 in Redding-Chico, California (ABC) begins broadcasting
Ex-MLB outfielder Glen Gorbous throws a regulation baseball a record 136 m (445 ft and 10 in) in a game promotion
Berlin is the capital of Germany, as well as its largest city by both area and population.
The 1965 Boston Red Sox season was the 65th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history.
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
ALM (Antillian Airlines) begins operation
Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) was an American mass murderer and Marine veteran who became known as the "Texas Tower Sniper".
Izaak Samkalden becomes mayor of Amsterdam
Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (from Latin argentum 'silver') and atomic number 47.
36th Chicago Charities College All-Star Game: NY Jets 26, All-Stars 24 (74,208 attendees)
EAA Convention moves from Rockford, IL, to Oshkosh, WI
Hendrikus Johannes "Johan" Witteveen (12 June 1921 – 23 April 2019) was a Dutch politician and economist who served as the fifth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1973...
China's People's Liberation Army Navy puts into service Changzheng 1, its first nuclear-powered submarine
41st Chicago Charities College All-Star Game: Pittsburgh 21, All-Stars 14 (54,103 attendees)
Flash flood in Big Thompson Canyon, Colorado, on Route 34 kills 139
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo forms a government in Portugal
Buttevant Rail Disaster kills 18 and injures dozens of train passengers in County Cork, Ireland
After the first 13 runnings of the midsummer classic, Darryl Waltrip becomes the first driver the win the Talladega 500 twice
15.4 cm of rainfall is recorded at Cheyenne, Wyoming (state record)
ArenaBowl I, Pittsburgh Civic Arena: Denver Dynamite beats Pittsburgh Gladiators 45-16, Gary Mullen MVP
Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon
British pop-reggae band UB40 is deported from Seychelles after being arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession
American sprinter Gail Devers wins an incredibly close blanket finish in the women's 100m at the Barcelona Olympics, with 5 athletes within 0.06 seconds of Devers (10.82)
99.9°F (37.7°C) is recorded in Berlin-Dahlem, setting a record for Berlin
The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an American manufacturing company founded in 1886 by George Westinghouse and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
American athlete Michael Johnson wins 200 m at the Atlanta Olympics in a world record 19.32 seconds to become the first man to complete the 200-400 m double
The Gay Games is a worldwide sport and cultural event that promotes acceptance of sexual diversity, featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) athletes, artists and other...
First patient receives the Jarvik 2000, the first total artificial heart that maintains blood flow in addition to generating a pulse
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a Ten Commandments monument installed in the judiciary building, leading to a lawsuit for its removal and his own removal from office
A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 in Asunción, Paraguay
The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) is an encyclopedic art museum located at Newfields, a 152-acre (62 ha) campus that also houses Lilly House, The Virginia B.
Russian-supported forces of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia attack Georgian villages, breaking a 1992 ceasefire agreement
American Nathan Adrian clocks 47.52 in winning the 100 m freestyle gold at the London Olympics, his first swim under 48 seconds
Indiana Pacers NBA superstar Paul George suffers a gruesome compound fracture of his lower right leg during a Team USA scrimmage
Anthrax outbreak in Yamalo-Nenets, Siberia, kills one person, infects eight others, and kills 2,300 reindeer; global warming is blamed
Bomb blast at Jawadia Shia mosque in Herat, Afghanistan, kills about 30
Australian Rugby League's "Immortals" tally increases to 13 as pre-war stars Dally Messenger, Frank Burge, and Dave Brown, along with latter-day giants Norm Provan and Mal Meninga, are added
Protesting Kenyan cancer survivors in Nairobi urge their government to declare a "national disaster" in a country with only 35 oncologists for 40 million people
migrants rescued from a stricken vessel by humanitarian NGO ships in Tunisian waters [1]
First grain ship leaves Ukrainian port of Odesa in a UN-brokered deal, breaking a months-long Russian blockade to help alleviate the global shortage [1]
Fitch downgrades credit rating for the U.S. government from AAA to AA+, citing an “erosion of governance" [1]
Tanzania opens East Africa's first electric rail line between its commercial hub Dar es Salaam and capital Dodoma [1]
Amusement park ride snaps in half mid-air in Saudi Arabia, injuring 23 people with three in critical condition [1]
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist, known for french naturalist, was born on 1744-08-01.
William Clark, American explorer and territorial governor, known for american explorer and territorial governor, was born on 1770-08-01.
Herman Melville, American writer and poet, known for american writer and poet, was born on 1819-08-01. Herman Melville was an American writer of the American Renaissance period.
Louis Lapicque, French neuroscientist, known for french neuroscientist, was born on 1866-08-01.
Sam Mendes, English film and stage director, known for british film and stage director, was born on 1966-08-01.
Jason Momoa, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1980-08-01. Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa is an American actor and film producer.
Jerry Garcia, American musician, known for american guitarist and singer, was born on 1942-08-01.
Coolio musician, known for american rapper, was born on 1963-08-01. Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022), known by his stage name Coolio, was an American rapper.
Caroline Shaw, American musician, known for american composer, was born on 1983-08-01. Caroline Adelaide Shaw is an American composer of contemporary classical music, violinist, and singer.
Jack Kramer, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1921-08-01.
Trevor Berbick, Jamaican athlete, known for jamaican boxer, was born on 1954-08-01. Trevor Berbick (1 August 1954 – 28 October 2006) was a Jamaican professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 2000.
Justinian I (Latin: Iustinianus, Ancient Greek: Ἰουστινιανός, romanized: Ioustinianós; 482 – 14 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was...
Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607)
Peace of Koblenz: Charles the Bald, Louis the German, and Lotharius II
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim II ibn Ahmad (27 June 850 – 23 October 902) was the Emir of Ifriqiya. He ruled from 875 until his abdication in 902.
Synod of Pavia: Emperor Henry II convicts married priest
Results of the Domesday inquiry are presented to William the Conqueror in Salisbury (the date of compilation and the Great Domesday are historically contestable)
Peter the Hermit (1050 – 8 July 1115 or 1131), also known as Little Peter, Peter of Amiens (French: Pierre d'Amiens) or Peter of Achères (French: Pierre d'Achères), was a Roman Catholic priest of...
Alexius IV Angelus is appointed co-regent of Byzantium
The Everlasting League is signed by Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden, forming the basis of the Swiss Confederation (independence)
Earl Engelbert I of Nassau marries Johanna of Poland
Cosimo de' Medici dies
Dutch Count Ernest Casimir I, Duke of Nassau-Dietz, conquers Oldenzaal
French Ursuline nun Marie de l’Incarnation arrives in Quebec on board the Saint-Joseph, goes on to open the first school for girls, and plays a large part in establishing Catholicism in New France [1]
Battle of St. Gotthard, West Hungary: Imperial Army led by Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats Ottoman forces under Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha
Huron chief Kondiaronk urges First Nations people to sign a peace settlement with France and dies the next day, resulting in the Great Peace of Montreal
Future Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (32) marries Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (16) at the church of Santa María del Mar, Barcelona
Doggett's Coat and Badge is the prize and name for the oldest continuous rowing race in the world.
Nicholas Rowe is appointed British Poet Laureate by George I
In a period known as the South Sea Bubble, the South Sea Company reaches a frenzy in London as the stock price of the South Sea Company peaks at £1,000, collapses soon after, and falls to £124 by December
Foundations are laid for the Bank of England
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist, known for french naturalist, was born on 1744-08-01.
Battle of Minden, Westphalia: Anglo-German army under Prussian Field Marshal Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats a French army led by Marshal of France Marquis de Contades
Battle of Kagul: smaller Russian army defeats larger Ottoman and Cossack force in Moldavia, the major land battle of the Russo-Turkish War and one of the largest battles of the 18th century
William Clark, American explorer and territorial governor, known for american explorer and territorial governor, was born on 1770-08-01.
Joseph Priestley (24 March 1733 – 6 February 1804) was an English chemist, Unitarian, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator and classical liberal political...
The First League of Armed Neutrality was an alliance of European naval powers between 1780 and 1783 which was intended to resist British attempts to inspect neutral shipping for French contraband...
Caroline Herschel becomes the first woman to discover a comet
US Customs begins enforcing the Tariff Act
France, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe.
The Whiskey Rebels is a 2008 historical novel by American writer David Liss, inspired by events in the early history of the United States.
Rare tornado hits Westchester County, New York
Dutch King William I accepts blame for Southern defeat
Herman Melville, American writer and poet, known for american writer and poet, was born on 1819-08-01. Herman Melville was an American writer of the American Renaissance period.
Regent's Canal is a canal across an area just north of central London, England. It provides a link from the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, 550 yards (500 m) north-west of Paddington Basin...
The Bolton and Leigh Railway (B&LR) was the first public railway in Lancashire. It opened for goods on 1 August 1828, and thus preceded the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) by two years.
London Bridge across the Thames opens to traffic
The Anatomy Act in the UK ends the practice of body snatching from graves by allowing the use of unclaimed bodies from prisons, workhouses, and hospitals [1]
Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into effect, abolishing slavery across the British Empire
The apprenticeship system is abolished in most of the British Empire, and former slaves are no longer indentured to former owners
Lombard Street Riot erupts in Philadelphia [1] [2]
San Francisco Methodists establish Zion Methodist church, the first Black church
Castle Garden in New York City, now known as Castle Clinton, opens as the first US receiving station for immigrants [1]
Province of Canada adopts a decimal currency system
The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States from 1861 to...
The Gettysburg campaign was a military invasion of Pennsylvania by the main Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee in summer 1863.
Louis Lapicque, French neuroscientist, known for french neuroscientist, was born on 1866-08-01.
Black people vote for the first time in a US state election in the South (Tennessee)
The Land Acts (officially Land Law (Ireland) Acts) were a series of measures to deal with the question of tenancy contracts and peasant proprietorship of land in Ireland in the nineteenth and...
Colorado is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, and part of the Southwestern United States, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico,...
US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, San Francisco Bay
A papyrus is offered to the British Museum for £10,000, later revealed to be a forgery
The Kermadec Islands ( KUR-mə-dek; Māori: Rangitāhua) are a subtropical island arc in the South Pacific Ocean 800–1,000 km (500–620 mi; 430–540 nmi) northeast of New Zealand's North Island, and a...
The roof of Seville's cathedral collapses after an earthquake
Cecil Rhodes' colonists reach Lundi
Burials within San Francisco city limits are prohibited
Building begins on Dutch public housing
Brooklyn Superbas MLB pitcher Harry McIntire no-hits Pittsburgh for 10 2/3 innings but loses in the 13th inning 1-0 on an unearned run
Brownsea Island is the largest of the islands in Poole Harbour, in the county of Dorset, England.
Physicist Niels Bohr (26) weds Margrethe Norlund at a civil ceremony in Slagelse, Denmark
The High Seas Fleet (German: Hochseeflotte) was the battle fleet of the German Imperial Navy and saw action during the First World War.
The United States has 63 national parks, which are congressionally designated protected areas operated by the National Park Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior.
Frank Little, an American Industrial Workers of the World labor union organizer, is tortured and lynched by unknown assailants in Butte, Montana
British troops enter Vladivostok
Jack Kramer, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1921-08-01.
Dutch editor and politician Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard
MLB Brooklyn Robins pitcher Dazzy Vance strikes out an MLB record 7 consecutive batters and 14 overall in a 4-0 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field
Shortwave radio link between Kootwijk and Netherlands East Indies
The Druze, who call themselves al-Muwaḥḥidūn (lit. 'the monotheists' or 'the unitarians'), are an esoteric religious group of Arabs who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and...
Wings is a 1927 American silent and synchronized sound war film which won the first Academy Award for Best Picture.
Americans sweep medals at a rainy Olympic pole vault final in Amsterdam, with Sabin Carr winning gold, followed by William Droegemuller and Charles McGinnis
The Washington quarter is the present quarter dollar or 25-cent piece issued by the United States Mint.
Nazi Germany, officially the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it...
US Amateur Golf Championship format changes to a 6-day event with no 36-hole stroke-play qualifying and 36-hole matches for semi-finals and final
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: Spiele der XI.
Benjamin Elijah Mays (August 1, 1894 – March 28, 1984) was an American Baptist minister and civil rights leader who is credited with laying the intellectual foundations of the American civil rights...
Luftwaffe bombs German 23rd Infantry Division
American Federation of Musicians labor union begins a strike over royalty payment disagreements, refusing to perform on commercial recordings; the ban lasts over 2 years
Jerry Garcia, American musician, known for american guitarist and singer, was born on 1942-08-01.
British Sunderland seaplanes sink German submarines U-454 and U-383
Manuel L. Quezon dies
Japanese city Toyama is destroyed by B-29 bombers
The Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI or AFOSI) is a U.S. federal law enforcement agency that reports directly to the Secretary of the Air Force. OSI is also a U.S.
American Bowling Congress ends all-white-male rule
Boston Red Sox pitcher Ben Flowers sets then MLB record of eight consecutive games in relief
South African Natives Resettlement Act comes into effect, empowering the government to remove Africans from any area within and adjacent to the magisterial district of Johannesburg
Trevor Berbick, Jamaican athlete, known for jamaican boxer, was born on 1954-08-01. Trevor Berbick (1 August 1954 – 28 October 2006) was a Jamaican professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 2000.
First microgravity research begins
KRCR TV channel 7 in Redding-Chico, California (ABC) begins broadcasting
Ex-MLB outfielder Glen Gorbous throws a regulation baseball a record 136 m (445 ft and 10 in) in a game promotion
Nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus begins the first transit of the North Pole in Operation Sunshine
Berlin is the capital of Germany, as well as its largest city by both area and population.
The 1965 Boston Red Sox season was the 65th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history.
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
Coolio musician, known for american rapper, was born on 1963-08-01. Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022), known by his stage name Coolio, was an American rapper.
ALM (Antillian Airlines) begins operation
Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) was an American mass murderer and Marine veteran who became known as the "Texas Tower Sniper".
Sam Mendes, English film and stage director, known for british film and stage director, was born on 1966-08-01.
Izaak Samkalden becomes mayor of Amsterdam
Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (from Latin argentum 'silver') and atomic number 47.
36th Chicago Charities College All-Star Game: NY Jets 26, All-Stars 24 (74,208 attendees)
EAA Convention moves from Rockford, IL, to Oshkosh, WI
George Harrison's benefit concerts for Bangladesh (two shows) take place at Madison Square Garden, NYC; performers include Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Ravi Shankar, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, and Leon Russell
Hendrikus Johannes "Johan" Witteveen (12 June 1921 – 23 April 2019) was a Dutch politician and economist who served as the fifth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1973...
China's People's Liberation Army Navy puts into service Changzheng 1, its first nuclear-powered submarine
41st Chicago Charities College All-Star Game: Pittsburgh 21, All-Stars 14 (54,103 attendees)
English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor's 6th divorce from Welsh actor Richard Burton; their 2nd divorce from each other
Flash flood in Big Thompson Canyon, Colorado, on Route 34 kills 139
Francis Gary Powers, American pilot, known for american pilot, died on 1977-08-01.
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo forms a government in Portugal
Buttevant Rail Disaster kills 18 and injures dozens of train passengers in County Cork, Ireland
Jason Momoa, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1980-08-01. Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa is an American actor and film producer.
"Video Killed the Radio Star" is a song written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, and Bruce Woolley in 1979.
After the first 13 runnings of the midsummer classic, Darryl Waltrip becomes the first driver the win the Talladega 500 twice
Caroline Shaw, American musician, known for american composer, was born on 1983-08-01. Caroline Adelaide Shaw is an American composer of contemporary classical music, violinist, and singer.
15.4 cm of rainfall is recorded at Cheyenne, Wyoming (state record)
ArenaBowl I, Pittsburgh Civic Arena: Denver Dynamite beats Pittsburgh Gladiators 45-16, Gary Mullen MVP
Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon
British pop-reggae band UB40 is deported from Seychelles after being arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession
American sprinter Gail Devers wins an incredibly close blanket finish in the women's 100m at the Barcelona Olympics, with 5 athletes within 0.06 seconds of Devers (10.82)
99.9°F (37.7°C) is recorded in Berlin-Dahlem, setting a record for Berlin
The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an American manufacturing company founded in 1886 by George Westinghouse and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
American athlete Michael Johnson wins 200 m at the Atlanta Olympics in a world record 19.32 seconds to become the first man to complete the 200-400 m double
The Gay Games is a worldwide sport and cultural event that promotes acceptance of sexual diversity, featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) athletes, artists and other...
First patient receives the Jarvik 2000, the first total artificial heart that maintains blood flow in addition to generating a pulse
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a Ten Commandments monument installed in the judiciary building, leading to a lawsuit for its removal and his own removal from office
A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 in Asunción, Paraguay
The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) is an encyclopedic art museum located at Newfields, a 152-acre (62 ha) campus that also houses Lilly House, The Virginia B.
Russian-supported forces of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia attack Georgian villages, breaking a 1992 ceasefire agreement
American Nathan Adrian clocks 47.52 in winning the 100 m freestyle gold at the London Olympics, his first swim under 48 seconds
Indiana Pacers NBA superstar Paul George suffers a gruesome compound fracture of his lower right leg during a Team USA scrimmage
Anthrax outbreak in Yamalo-Nenets, Siberia, kills one person, infects eight others, and kills 2,300 reindeer; global warming is blamed
Bomb blast at Jawadia Shia mosque in Herat, Afghanistan, kills about 30
Australian Rugby League's "Immortals" tally increases to 13 as pre-war stars Dally Messenger, Frank Burge, and Dave Brown, along with latter-day giants Norm Provan and Mal Meninga, are added
Protesting Kenyan cancer survivors in Nairobi urge their government to declare a "national disaster" in a country with only 35 oncologists for 40 million people
migrants rescued from a stricken vessel by humanitarian NGO ships in Tunisian waters [1]
First grain ship leaves Ukrainian port of Odesa in a UN-brokered deal, breaking a months-long Russian blockade to help alleviate the global shortage [1]
Former US President Donald Trump is indicted by special counsel Jack Smith on charges of conspiring to defraud the country and prevent the peaceful transfer of power [1]
Fitch downgrades credit rating for the U.S. government from AAA to AA+, citing an “erosion of governance" [1]
Tanzania opens East Africa's first electric rail line between its commercial hub Dar es Salaam and capital Dodoma [1]
Amusement park ride snaps in half mid-air in Saudi Arabia, injuring 23 people with three in critical condition [1]