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What happend on 1. August in History
In our data base we found 379 events happened on 1. August:
• 10_bc: Claudius, Roman emperor (d. 54) [category: Births]
• 126: Pertinax, Roman emperor (d. 193) [category: Births]
• 1137: Louis VI of France (b. 1081) [category: Deaths]
• 1192: Richard the Lionheart landed on Jaffa and defeated the army of Saladin [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
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• 1227: Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) [category: Deaths]
• 1252: Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Italian explorer (b. 1180) [category: Deaths]
• 1291: The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter. [category: Events]
• 1313: Emperor Kōgon of Japan (d. 1364) [category: Births]
• 1377: Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) [category: Births]
• 1402: Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (b. 1341) [category: Deaths]
• 1457: Lorenzo Valla, Italian humanist (b. 1406) [category: Deaths]
• 1464: Cosimo de' Medici, Italian ruler (b. 1386) [category: Deaths]
• 1498: Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela. [category: Events]
• 1541: Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) [category: Deaths]
• 1545: Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) [category: Births]
• 1546: Peter Faber, French theologian (b. 1506) [category: Deaths]
• 1555: Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) [category: Births]
• 1557: Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490) [category: Deaths]
• 1579: Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) [category: Births]
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• 1580: Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (b. 1524) [category: Deaths]
• 1589: Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567) [category: Deaths]
• 1620: The Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England. [category: Events]
• 1626: Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, founder of the Sabbatean movement (d. 1676) [category: Births]
• 1630: Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician (d. 1673) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1675: Weetamoo, Native American noblewoman (b. 1635) [category: Deaths]
• 1713: Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1780) [category: Births]
• 1714: Richard Wilson, Welsh painter (d. 1782) [category: Births]
• 1714: Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665) [category: Deaths]
• 1738: Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1744: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (d. 1829) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1770: William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician (d. 1838) [category: Births]
• 1774: British scientist Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. [category: Events]
• 1779: Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (d. 1843) [category: Births]
• 1779: Lorenz Oken, German historian (d. 1851) [category: Births]
• 1787: Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Italian bishop, philosopher, and saint (b. 1696) [category: Deaths]
• 1795: Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735) [category: Deaths]
• 1796: Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English army officer (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1798: François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (b. 1753) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1800: The Acts 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. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1807: John Walker, English lexicographer (b. 1732) [category: Deaths]
• 1809: William B. Travis, American lawyer and soldier (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1812: Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (b. 1763) [category: Deaths]
• 1815: Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer, politician, and author (d. 1882) [category: Births]
• 1818: Maria Mitchell, American astronomer (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1819: Herman Melville, American writer (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1831: A new London Bridge opens. [category: Events]
• 1834: Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force. [category: Events]
• 1837: Mary Harris Jones, American labor organizer (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1838: Non-laborer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated. [category: Events]
• 1840: Laborer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated. [category: Events]
• 1842: The Lombard Street Riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [category: Events]
• 1843: Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1851: William Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775) [category: Deaths]
• 1855: The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps. [category: Events]
• 1856: George Coulthard, Australian footballer and cricketer (d. 1883) [category: Births]
• 1858: Gaston Doumergue, French politician (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1858: Hans Rott, Austrian composer (d. 1884) [category: Births]
• 1861: Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1866: John Ross, Native American chief (b. 1790) [category: Deaths]
• 1871: John Lester, American cricketer (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1876: Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state. [category: Events]
• 1881: Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1885: George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1889: Walter Gerlach, German physicist (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1891: Karl Kobelt, Swiss politician (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1892: Gin Kanie, Japanese identical twin who lived to be 108 (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1892: Kin Narita, Japanese identical twin who lived to be 107 (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1893: Alexander of Greece (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1894: Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1894: The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea. [category: Events]
• 1900: Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1901: Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1903: Calamity Jane, American frontier and scout (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: Eric Shipton, English mountaineer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1907: The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement. [category: Events]
• 1910: James Henry Govier, English painter (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1910: Mohammad Nissar, Indian cricketer (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1910: Walter Scharf, American composer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1911: Jackie Ormes, American cartoonist (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1911: Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: Samuel Arza Davenport, American politician (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Henry Jones, American actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1914: J. Lee Thompson, English director (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1914: Germany declares war on Russia at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I. [category: Events]
• 1916: Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1916: Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal [category: Births]
• 1917: Frank Little, American labor organizer (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Richard Pearson, Welsh actor (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1918: John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian lawyer, reformer, and educator (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Jack Kramer, American tennis player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1922: Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer and inventor (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Val Bettin, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1924: Frank Worrell, Indian cricketer (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1924: Marcia Mae Jones, American actress (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1925: Ernst Jandl, Austrian writer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1926: Theo Adam, German opera singer [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1929: Ann Calvello, American roller derby racer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1929: Hafizullah Amin, Afghan politician (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1929: Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Julie Bovasso, American actress (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1930: Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1930: Lionel Bart, English composer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1930: Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1931: Ramblin' Jack Elliott, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1931: Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1932: Meena Kumari, Indian actress (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1932: Meir Kahane, American rabbi and activist, founded the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1933: Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1933: Dušan Třeštík, Czech historian (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1933: Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1933: Pierluigi Vigna, Italian magistrate (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1933: Teri Shields, American actress and producer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1934: John Beck, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1935: Geoff Pullar, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1936: W. D. Hamilton, English biologist (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1936: Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1937: Al D'Amato, American politician [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1938: Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: John Aasen, American actor (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Mervyn Kitchen, English cricketer and umpire [category: Births]
• 1940: Ram Loevy, Israeli screenwriter and director [category: Births]
• 1941: Ron Brown, American politician (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1941: Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1942: André Gagnon, Canadian pianist and composer [category: Births]
• 1942: Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor [category: Births]
• 1942: Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Grateful Dead, Legion of Mary, Reconstruction, Old and in the Way, and New Riders of the Purple Sage) (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1943: Lydia Litvyak, Soviet pilot (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Andrew G. Vajna, Hungarian-American film producer [category: Births]
• 1944: Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Soviet politician (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1944: Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland. [category: Events]
• 1945: Douglas Osheroff, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1945: Sandi Griffiths, American singer [category: Births]
• 1945: Gyula Csortos, Hungarian actor (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (King Crimson and Bad Company) (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1946: Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist [category: Births]
• 1946: Richard O. Covey, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1946: Rick Coonce, American drummer (The Grass Roots) (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1947: Chris L. Barnard, Welsh footballer [category: Births]
• 1947: Dennis Zine, American politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Avi Arad, Israeli-American businessman and film producer, founded Marvel Studios [category: Births]
• 1948: Cliff Branch, American football player [category: Births]
• 1948: David Gemmell. English author [category: Births]
• 1949: Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan [category: Births]
• 1949: Ray Nettles, American football player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1950: Bunkhouse Buck, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1950: Jim Carroll, American poet and actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1950: Roy Williams, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1951: Pete Mackanin, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1951: Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Deep Purple, Zephyr, and James Gang) (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1952: Yajurvindra Singh, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1952: Zoran Đinđić, Serbian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1953: Howard Kurtz, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1953: Robert Cray, American singer and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1954: Benno Möhlmann, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1954: James Gleick, American author, journalist, and biographer [category: Births]
• 1955: Arun Lal, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1955: Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1956: Tom Leykis, American radio host [category: Births]
• 1957: The United States and Canada form the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD). [category: Events]
• 1958: Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1958: Michael Penn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer (Doll Congress) [category: Births]
• 1958: Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter (10,000 Maniacs) (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1958: Tor Håkon Holte, Norwegian skier [category: Births]
• 1959: Joe Elliott, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Def Leppard, Atomic Mass, and Down 'n' Outz) [category: Births]
• 1959: Yoshihide Ōtomo, Japanese musician and composer (Ground Zero and Filament) [category: Births]
• 1960: Chuck D, American rapper, producer, and author (Public Enemy) [category: Births]
• 1960: Suzi Gardner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist and songwriter (L7) [category: Births]
• 1960: Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France. [category: Events]
• 1960: Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan. [category: Events]
• 1962: Jacob Matlala, South African boxer [category: Births]
• 1962: Jesse Borrego, American actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Coolio, American rapper, producer, and actor (WC and the Maad Circle) [category: Births]
• 1963: Dean Wareham, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (Galaxie 500, Luna, and Dean & Britta) [category: Births]
• 1963: Demián Bichir, Mexican actor [category: Births]
• 1963: John Carroll Lynch, American actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut [category: Births]
• 1963: Lynette Sadleir, New Zealand swimmer [category: Births]
• 1964: Adam Duritz, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Counting Crows and The Himalayans) [category: Births]
• 1964: The Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [category: Events]
• 1965: Sam Mendes, English director [category: Births]
• 1966: James St. James, American club promoter and author [category: Births]
• 1966: Charles Whitman, American murderer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police. [category: Events]
• 1966: Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. [category: Events]
• 1967: Gregg Jefferies, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Richard Kuhn, Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Dan Donegan, American guitarist (Disturbed and Vandal) [category: Births]
• 1968: Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Stacey Augmon, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1968: The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei. [category: Events]
• 1969: David Wain, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Graham Thorpe, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1969: Kevin Jarvis, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1970: David James, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez, Mexican drug smuggler [category: Births]
• 1972: Devon Hughes, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1972: Nicke Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and composer (The Hellacopters The Solution, The Hydromatics, and Imperial State Electric) [category: Births]
• 1972: Tanya Reid, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Thomas Woods, American historian, economist, and educator [category: Births]
• 1973: Eduardo Noriega, Spanish actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Edurne Pasaban, Spanish mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1973: Gregg Berhalter, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1973: Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgian runner [category: Births]
• 1973: Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Walter Ulbricht, German politician (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Beckie Scott, Canadian skier [category: Births]
• 1974: Ildebrando Antoniutti, Italian cardinal (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones. [category: Events]
• 1975: Ane Dahl Torp, Norwegian actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Teresa Mak, Hong Kong actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Vhrsti, Czech illustrator [category: Births]
• 1975: CSCE Final Act creates the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe. [category: Events]
• 1976: Cristian Stoica, Romanian-Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1976: Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Søren Jochumsen, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Damien Saez, French singer-songwriter and author [category: Births]
• 1977: Haspop, French-Moroccan dancer, choreographer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Marc Denis, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Yoshi Tatsu, Japanese wrestler and boxer [category: Births]
• 1977: Francis Gary Powers, American pilot (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Andy Blignaut, Zimbabwean cricketer [category: Births]
• 1978: Dhani Harrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Thenewno2, Traveling Wilburys, and Fistful of Mercy) [category: Births]
• 1978: Edgerrin James, American football player [category: Births]
• 1978: Jonathan Wilkes, English singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Bernadette Flynn, Irish dancer [category: Births]
• 1979: Honeysuckle Weeks, Welsh actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Jason Momoa, American actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Bryan Fisher, British actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Krisztina Fazekas Zur, Hungarian-American canoe racer [category: Births]
• 1980: Mancini, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Patrick Depailler, French race car driver (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Strother Martin, American actor (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Buttevant Rail Disaster kills 18 and injures dozens of train passengers in the Republic of Ireland [category: Events]
• 1980: Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state [category: Events]
• 1981: Aoife Madden, Irish actress and producer [category: Births]
• 1981: Ashley Parker, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (O-Town) [category: Births]
• 1981: Brett Chukerman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Christofer Heimeroth, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Dean Cox, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Miracle Laurie, American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Pia Haraldsen, Norwegian journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1981: Sally Pressman, American dancer and actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Stephen Hunt, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Taylor Fry, American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Paddy Chayefsky, American writer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. [category: Events]
• 1982: Ai Tominaga, Japanese model and actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Kimberly Holland, American model [category: Births]
• 1982: Montserrat Lombard, English actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Oluchi Onweagba, Nigerian model [category: Births]
• 1983: David Gervasi, Swiss decathlete [category: Births]
• 1983: Lilian Mercedes Letona, Salvadoran guerrilla and activist (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Francesco Gavazzi, Italian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1984: Steve Feak, American game designer [category: Births]
• 1984: Valery Ortiz, Puerto Rican actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, northwest England [category: Events]
• 1985: Adam Jones, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Gegard Mousasi, Armenian mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1985: Hyun Jyu-ni, South Korean singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Stuart Holden, Scottish-American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1986: Andrew Taylor, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Anton Strålman, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1986: Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1986: Elijah Kelley, American actor, singer, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1986: Jonas Plass, German sprinter [category: Births]
• 1986: Jörn Schlönvoigt, German singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Lucas Simón, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Lee Wallace, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Rumi Hiiragi, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Max Carver, American actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Mustafa Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Sasha Jackson, English-American actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Landry Allbright, American actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Madison Bumgarner, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1989: Tiffany, American-Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Girls' Generation) [category: Births]
• 1989: Tomoka Kurokawa, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1989: John Ogdon, English pianist and composer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Alakina Mann, English actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Jack O'Connell, English actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Graham Young, English serial killer (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Norbert Elias, German sociologist (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1993: The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak. [category: Events]
• 1994: Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer (S/mileage and Shugo Chara Egg!) [category: Births]
• 1995: Derrick Monasterio, Filipino actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1996: Cymphonique Miller, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1996: Jon Rubin, Actor and politician [category: Births]
• 1996: Frida Boccara, French singer (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian physician (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somalian general and diplomat, 5th President of Somalia (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Tadeus Reichstein, Polish chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Khamani Griffin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1998: Eva Bartok, Hungarian actress (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Bengali−English writer (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Korey Stringer, American football player (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a Ten Commandments monument installed in the judiciary building, leading to a lawsuit to have it removed and his own removal from office. [category: Events]
• 2003: Guy Thys, Belgian football coach (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Marie Trintignant, French actress (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Alexandra Scott, American cancer patient, founder of Alex's Lemonade Stand (b. 1996) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Philip Abelson, American physicist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 in Asunción, Paraguay. [category: Events]
• 2005: Al Aronowitz, American journalist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Wim Boost, Dutch cartoonist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Ferenc Szusza, Hungarian footballer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Iris Marion Young, American theorist and activist (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Jason Rhoades, American artist (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Tommy Makem, Irish singer and poet (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour. [category: Events]
• 2008: Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian politician (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican politician and attempted murderer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Abel Salinas, Peruvian politician (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Barry Trapnell, English cricketer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Don Erickson, American baseball player (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Douglas Townsend, American composer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Keiko Tsushima, Japanese actress (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Riccardo Ruotolo, Italian bishop (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 30_bc: Mark Antony, Roman politician and general (b. 83 BC) [category: Deaths]
• 30_bc: Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic. [category: Events]
• 69: Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis. [category: Events]
• 371: Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop and saint (b. 283) [category: Deaths]
• 527: Justin I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 450) [category: Deaths]
• 527: Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. [category: Events]
• 607: Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607). [category: Events]
• 902: Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabids army. [category: Events]
• 946: Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah, Abbasid vizier (b. 859) [category: Deaths]
• _: Abgar V of Edessa (Syrian Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Alphonsus Maria de Liguori [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Armed Forces Day (Lebanon) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Armed Forces Day or Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Liberation Army (People's Republic of China) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: August 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Celebration of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 which ended the slavery in the British Empire, generally celebrated as a part of Carnival, as the Caribbean Carnival takes place at this time (British West Indies): [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Caribana celebration can fall, celebrated on the first Weekend of August. (Toronto) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Civic Holiday can fall; celebrated on the first Monday of August. (Canada) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Commerce Day, or Frídagur verslunarmanna, can fall; celebrated on the first Monday of August. (Iceland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Emancipation Day can fall, celebrated on the first Monday of August. (Anguilla, the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which International Friendship Day can fall, celebrated on the first Sunday of August. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Emancipation Day (Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Eusebius of Vercelli [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Exuperius of Bayeux [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of Kamál (Perfection); First day of the eighth month of the Bahá'í calendar. (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Felix of Girona [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Imbolc or Brighid's Day (Southern hemisphere) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lammas (Northern hemisphere) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Liberation of Haile Selassie I from slavery. (Rastafari movement) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lughnasadh (Northern hemisphere) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day, celebrates the independence of Benin from France in 1960. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day, commemorates Switzerland becoming a single unit in 1291. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Peter Apostle in Chains [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Procession of the Cross and the beginning of Dormition Fast (Eastern Orthodoxy) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Statehood Day (Colorado) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year): [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Carnaval del Pueblo (Burgess Park, London) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Yorkshire Day (Yorkshire, England) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Æthelwold of Winchester [category: Holidays and observances]