August 01

Monday 01, 2005:

Disneyland Resort Line of the Hong Kong MTR opens to public.

Sunday 01, 2004:

A supermarket fire kills 215 people and injures 300 in Asunción, Paraguay.

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.

Thursday 01, 1996:

Olympic Games: Michael Johnson wins the 200 meters in 19.32 seconds, beating the old world record by over 0.3 seconds.

Monday 01, 1994:

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

Saturday 01, 1981:

First broadcasts by MTV. The first video played was "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles.

Sunday 01, 1971:

George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh in New York City features, among others, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and Leon Russell.

Saturday 01, 1970:

Powder Ridge Rock Festival

Tuesday 01, 1967:

Israel annexes East Jerusalem.

Monday 01, 1966:

Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official People's Republic of China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.

Sunday 01, 1965:

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands announces her engagement to Claus von Amsberg.

Tuesday 01, 1961:

Six Flags Over Texas, the first Six Flags park, opens.

Monday 01, 1960:

Communist PAI is banned in Senegal.

Thursday 01, 1957:

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

Sunday 01, 1948:

The U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations is founded.

Thursday 01, 1946:

1946 - The Japanese Federation of Trade Unions is formed.

Wednesday 01, 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.

Tuesday 01, 1944:

Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.

Friday 01, 1941:

The first Jeep is produced.

Sunday 01, 1937:

Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.

Saturday 01, 1936:

The Berlin Olympic Games open.

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.

Saturday 01, 1914:

Germany declares war on Russia at the opening of World War I.

Thursday 01, 1907:

First Scout camp opens on Brownsea Island.

Friday 01, 1902:

The United States buys the rights to the Panama Canal from France.

Wednesday 01, 1894:

The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.

Tuesday 01, 1876:

Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.

Monday 01, 1864:

The Elgin Watch Company is founded in Elgin, Illinois

Wednesday 01, 1838:

Slaves in Trinidad and Tobago are emancipated.

Friday 01, 1834:

Slavery is abolished in the British Empire.

Wednesday 01, 1832:

The Black Hawk War ends.

Monday 01, 1831:

London Bridge opens.

Tuesday 01, 1820:

London's Regent's Canal opens.

Wednesday 01, 1798:

Battle of the Nile starts between French and British fleets.

Thursday 01, 1776:

Formal signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Monday 01, 1774:

The element oxygen is discovered by Carl Wilhelm and Joseph Priestley.

Friday 01, 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.

Thursday 01, 1619:

First African slaves arrive in Jamestown, Virginia.

Monday 01, 1498:

Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit Venezuela.

Thursday 01, 1461:

Edward IV is crowned king of England.

Monday 01, 1492:

Ferdinand and Isabella drive the Jews out of Spain.

Wednesday 01, 1291:

The Swiss Confederation is formed.

Saturday 01, 607:

Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).

Friday 01, 527:

Justinian I becomes Byzantine Emperor.

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