August 01

Wednesday 01, 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.

Monday 01, 1994:

Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley confirm rumors that they had married eleven weeks earlier.

Thursday 01, 1957:

The United States and Canada form the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).

Monday 01, 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.

Friday 01, 1834:

Slavery is abolished in the British Empire.