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August 1 is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 152 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[]

Pre-1600[]

  • 30 BCOctavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
  • AD 69Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis.
  • 527Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
  • 607Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).
  • 902Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid army, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily.[1]
  • 1203Isaac II Angelos, restored Byzantine Emperor, declares his son Alexios IV Angelos co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Fourth Crusade.
  • 1291 – The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter.
  • 1469Louis XI of France founds the chivalric order called the Order of Saint Michael in Amboise.
  • 1498Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
  • 1571 – The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus is concluded, by the surrender of Famagusta.

1601–1900[]

  • 1620Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.
  • 1664Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
  • 1714 – George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.
  • 1759Seven 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.
  • 1774 – British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
  • 1798French 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.[2]
  • 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.
  • 1801First Barbary War: The American schooner USS Enterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya.
  • 1834Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, although it remains legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act, 1843.
  • 1834 – Construction begins on the Wilberforce Monument in Kingston Upon Hull.[3]
  • 1842 – The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • 1849Joven Daniel wrecks at the coast of Araucanía, Chile, leading to allegations that local Mapuche tribes murdered survivors and kidnapped Elisa Bravo.[4]
  • 1855 – The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
  • 1863 – At the suggestion of Senator J. V. Snellman and the order of Emperor Alexander II, full rights were promised to the Finnish language by a language regulation in the Grand Duchy of Finland.[5]
  • 1876Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
  • 1893Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
  • 1894 – The Japan and China declare war on each other after a week of fighting over Korea, formally inaugurating the First Sino-Japanese War.

1901–present[]

  • 1907 – The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • 1911Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1933 – Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.
  • 1936 – The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
  • 1937Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
  • 1943World War II: Operation Tidal Wave also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
  • 1944 – World War II: The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi German occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.
  • 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.
  • 1950Guam is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.[6]
  • 1957 – The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
  • 1960Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
  • 1960Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
  • 1961 – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
  • 1964 – The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • 1965Frank Herbert's novel, Dune was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
  • 1966Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
  • 1966 – Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
  • 1968 – The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
  • 1971The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
  • 1974Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.
  • 1976Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nurburgring.[7][8]
  • 1980Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.
  • 1980 – A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland.
  • 1981MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
  • 1984 – Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.
  • 1988 – A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.[9]
  • 1993 – The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
  • 2004 – A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
  • 2007 – The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145.
  • 2008 – The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
  • 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.
  • 2017 – A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.

Births[]

Pre-1600[]

  • 10 BCClaudius, Roman emperor (d. 54)[10]
  • 126Pertinax, Roman emperor (d. 193)
  • 845Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese scholar and politician (d. 903)
  • 992Hyeonjong of Goryeo, Korean king (d. 1031)
  • 1068Emperor Taizu of Jin, Chinese emperor (d. 1123)
  • 1313Kōgon, Japanese emperor (d. 1364)
  • 1377Go-Komatsu, Japanese emperor (d. 1433)
  • 1385John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel (d. 1421)
  • 1410John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count (d. 1475)
  • 1492Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince (d. 1566)
  • 1520Sigismund II, Polish king (d. 1572)
  • 1545Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and scholar (d. 1622)
  • 1555Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)
  • 1579Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (d. 1644)

1601–1900[]

  • 1626Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi and theorist (d. 1676)
  • 1630Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1673)
  • 1659Sebastiano Ricci, Italian painter (d. 1734)
  • 1713Charles I, German duke and prince (d. 1780)
  • 1714Richard Wilson, Welsh painter and academic (d. 1782)
  • 1738Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)
  • 1744Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (d. 1829)
  • 1770William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (d. 1838)
  • 1779Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet (d. 1843)
  • 1779 – Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (d. 1851)
  • 1809William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer (d. 1836)
  • 1815Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1882)
  • 1818Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic (d. 1889)
  • 1819Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1891)
  • 1831Antonio Cotogni, Italian opera singer and educator (d. 1918)
  • 1843Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War (d. 1926)
  • 1856George Coulthard, Australian footballer and cricketer (d. 1883)
  • 1858Gaston Doumergue, French lawyer and politician, 13th President of France (d. 1937)
  • 1858 – Hans Rott, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1884)
  • 1860Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (d. 1918)[11]
  • 1861Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer (d. 1951)
  • 1865Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (d. 1917)
  • 1871John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (d. 1969)
  • 1877George Hackenschmidt, Estonian-English wrestler and strongman (d. 1968)
  • 1878Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek physician and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1961)
  • 1881Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician and academic (d. 1940)
  • 1885George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1966)
  • 1889Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic (d. 1979)
  • 1891Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1968)
  • 1893Alexander of Greece (d. 1920)
  • 1894Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (d. 1927)
  • 1898Morris Stoloff, American composer and musical director (d. 1980)
  • 1899Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman (d. 1980)
  • 1900Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player (d. 1965)

1901–present[]

  • 1901Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer (d. 1925)
  • 1903Paul Horgan, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1995)
  • 1905Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer and academic (d. 1993)[12]
  • 1907Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977)
  • 1910James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator (d. 1974)
  • 1910 – Walter Scharf, American pianist and composer (d. 2003)
  • 1910 – Gerda Taro, German war photographer (d. 1937)
  • 1911Jackie Ormes, American journalist and cartoonist (d. 1985)
  • 1912David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1979)
  • 1912 – Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994)
  • 1912 – Henry Jones, American actor (d. 1999)
  • 1914Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (d. 1997)
  • 1914 – Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (d. 2015)
  • 1914 – J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
  • 1916Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (d. 2014)
  • 1916 – Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (d. 2000)
  • 1918T. J. Jemison, American minister and activist (d. 2013)
  • 1919Stanley Middleton, English author (d. 2009)
  • 1920Raul Renter, Estonian economist and chess player (d. 1992)
  • 1921Jack Kramer, American tennis player, sailor, and sportscaster (d. 2009)
  • 1921 – Pat McDonald, Australian actress (d. 1990)
  • 1922Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor (d. 2006)
  • 1924Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (d. 2015)
  • 1924 – Frank Havens, American canoeist (d. 2018)[13]
  • 1924 – Marcia Mae Jones, American actress and singer (d. 2007)
  • 1924 – Frank Worrell, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1967)
  • 1925Ernst Jandl, Austrian poet and author (d. 2000)
  • 1926George Hauptfuhrer, American basketball player and lawyer (d. 2013)
  • 1926 – Hannah Hauxwell, English TV personality (d. 2018)
  • 1927María Teresa López Boegeholz, Chilean oceanographer (d. 2006)
  • 1927 – Anthony G. Bosco, American bishop (d. 2013)
  • 1928Jack Shea, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
  • 1929Hafizullah Amin, Afghan educator and politician, Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1979)
  • 1929 – Ann Calvello, American roller derby racer (d. 2006)
  • 1929 – Leila Abashidze, Georgian actress (d. 2018)
  • 1930Lionel Bart, English composer (d. 1999)
  • 1930 – Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (d. 2002)
  • 1930 – Julie Bovasso, American actress and writer (d. 1991)
  • 1930 – Lawrence Eagleburger, American lieutenant and politician, 62nd United States Secretary of State (d. 2011)
  • 1930 – Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1996)
  • 1930 – Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)
  • 1931Ramblin' Jack Elliott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1931 – Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer (d. 2016)
  • 1932Meir Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi and activist, founded the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)
  • 1933Dom DeLuise, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2009)
  • 1933 – Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player and manager (d. 2019)
  • 1933 – Meena Kumari, Indian actress (d. 1972)
  • 1933 – Teri Shields, American actress, producer, and agent (d. 2012)
  • 1933 – Dušan Třeštík, Czech historian and author (d. 2007)
  • 1934John Beck, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2000)
  • 1934 – Derek Birdsall, English graphic designer
  • 1935Geoff Pullar, English cricketer (d. 2014)
  • 1936W. D. Hamilton, Egyptian born British biologist, psychologist, and academic (d. 2000)
  • 1936 – Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded Yves Saint Laurent (d. 2008)
  • 1936 – Laurie Taylor, English sociologist, radio host, and academic
  • 1937Al D'Amato, American lawyer and politician
  • 1939Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (d. 2015)
  • 1939 – Terry Kiser, American actor
  • 1939 – Stephen Sykes, English bishop and theologian (d. 2014)
  • 1939 – Robert James Waller, American author and photographer (d. 2017)
  • 1940Mervyn Kitchen, English cricketer and umpire
  • 1940 – Henry Silverman, American businessman, founded Cendant
  • 1940 – Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Iranian writer and actor
  • 1941Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1996)
  • 1941 – Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004)
  • 1942Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
  • 1942 – Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1944Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Russian banker and politician (d. 1998)
  • 1945Douglas Osheroff, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1946Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and guitarist (d. 2006)
  • 1946 – Rick Coonce, American drummer (d. 2011)
  • 1946 – Richard O. Covey, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
  • 1946 – Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist and academic
  • 1947Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet and author
  • 1947 – Chantal Montellier, French comics creator and artist[14]
  • 1948Avi Arad, Israeli-American screenwriter and producer, founded Marvel Studios
  • 1948 – Cliff Branch, American football player (d. 2019)
  • 1948 – David Gemmell, English journalist and author (d. 2006)
  • 1949Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan
  • 1949 – Jim Carroll, American poet, author, and musician (d. 2009)
  • 1949 – Ray Nettles, American football player (d. 2009)
  • 1950Roy Williams, American basketball player and coach
  • 1951Tim Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1951 – Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
  • 1951 – Pete Mackanin, American baseball player, coach, and manager
  • 1952Zoran Đinđić, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003)
  • 1953Robert Cray, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1953 – Howard Kurtz, American journalist and author
  • 1954Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (d. 2006)
  • 1954 – James Gleick, American journalist and author
  • 1954 – Benno Möhlmann, German footballer and manager
  • 1957Anne-Marie Hutchinson, British lawyer (d. 2020)[15]
  • 1957 – Taylor Negron, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
  • 1958Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2000)
  • 1958 – Michael Penn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1958 – Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player and coach
  • 1959Joe Elliott, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1960Chuck D, American rapper and songwriter
  • 1960 – Suzi Gardner, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1962Jacob Matlala, South African boxer (d. 2013)
  • 1963Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor and producer
  • 1963 – Coolio, American rapper, producer, and actor
  • 1963 – John Carroll Lynch, American actor
  • 1963 – Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut and engineer
  • 1963 – Dean Wareham, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1964Adam Duritz, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1964 – Fiona Hyslop, Scottish businesswoman and politician
  • 1964 – Augusta Read Thomas, American composer, conductor and educator
  • 1965Brandt Jobe, American golfer
  • 1965 – Sam Mendes, English director and producer
  • 1966James St. James, American club promoter and author
  • 1967Gregg Jefferies, American baseball player and coach
  • 1967 – José Padilha, Brazilian director, producer and screenwriter
  • 1968Stacey Augmon, American basketball player and coach
  • 1968 – Dan Donegan, American heavy metal guitarist and songwriter
  • 1968 – Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Japanese baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1969Andrei Borissov, Estonian footballer and manager
  • 1969 – Kevin Jarvis, American baseball player and scout
  • 1969 – Graham Thorpe, English cricketer and journalist
  • 1970Quentin Coryatt, American football player
  • 1970 – David James, English footballer and manager
  • 1970 – Eugenie van Leeuwen, Dutch cricketer
  • 1972Nicke Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1972 – Christer Basma, Norwegian footballer and coach
  • 1972 – Todd Bouman, American football player and coach
  • 1972 – Thomas Woods, American historian, economist, and academic
  • 1973Gregg Berhalter, American soccer player and coach
  • 1973 – Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgian runner
  • 1973 – Edurne Pasaban, Spanish mountaineer
  • 1974Cher Calvin, American journalist
  • 1974 – Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (d. 2014)
  • 1974 – Tyron Henderson, South African cricketer
  • 1974 – Dennis Lawrence, Trinidadian footballer and coach
  • 1974 – Beckie Scott, Canadian skier
  • 1975Vhrsti, Czech author and illustrator
  • 1976Don Hertzfeldt, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
  • 1976 – Søren Jochumsen, Danish footballer
  • 1976 – Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer
  • 1976 – David Nemirovsky, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1976 – Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer and manager
  • 1976 – Cristian Stoica, Romanian-Italian rugby player
  • 1977Marc Denis, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 1977 – Haspop, French-Moroccan dancer, choreographer, and actor
  • 1977 – Darnerien McCants, American-Canadian football player
  • 1977 – Damien Saez, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1977 – Yoshi Tatsu, Japanese wrestler and boxer
  • 1978Andy Blignaut, Zimbabwean cricketer
  • 1978 – Björn Ferry, Swedish biathlete
  • 1978 – Dhani Harrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1978 – Chris Iwelumo, Scottish footballer
  • 1978 – Edgerrin James, American football player
  • 1979Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer (d. 2019)
  • 1979 – Nathan Fien, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1979 – Jason Momoa, American actor, director, and producer
  • 1980Mancini, Brazilian footballer
  • 1980 – Romain Barras, French decathlete
  • 1980 – Esteban Paredes, Chilean footballer
  • 1981Dean Cox, Australian footballer
  • 1981 – Pia Haraldsen, Norwegian journalist and author
  • 1981 – Christofer Heimeroth, German footballer
  • 1981 – Stephen Hunt, Irish footballer
  • 1981 – Jamie Jones-Buchanan, English rugby player
  • 1982Basem Fathi, Jordanian footballer
  • 1982 – Montserrat Lombard, English actress, director, and screenwriter
  • 1983Bobby Carpenter, American football player
  • 1983 – Craig Clarke, New Zealand rugby player
  • 1983 – Julien Faubert, French footballer
  • 1983 – David Gervasi, Swiss decathlete
  • 1984Steve Feak, American game designer
  • 1984 – Francesco Gavazzi, Italian cyclist
  • 1984 – Brandon Kintzler, American baseball player
  • 1984 – Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
  • 1985Stuart Holden, Scottish-American soccer player
  • 1985 – Adam Jones, American baseball player
  • 1985 – Cole Kimball, American baseball player
  • 1985 – Tendai Mtawarira, South African rugby player
  • 1985 – Kris Stadsgaard, Danish footballer
  • 1985 – Dušan Švento, Slovak footballer
  • 1986Damien Allen, English footballer
  • 1986 – Anton Strålman, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 1986 – Andrew Taylor, English footballer
  • 1986 – Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player
  • 1986 – Mike Wallace, American football player
  • 1987Iago Aspas, Spanish footballer
  • 1987 – Karen Carney, English women's footballer
  • 1987 – Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer
  • 1987 – Lee Wallace, Scottish footballer
  • 1987 – Taapsee Pannu, Indian actress[16]
  • 1988Mustafa Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer
  • 1988 – Nemanja Matić, Serbian footballer[17]
  • 1988 – Patryk Małecki, Polish footballer
  • 1988 – Bodene Thompson, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1989Madison Bumgarner, American baseball player
  • 1989 – Tiffany Hwang, Korean American singer, songwriter, and actress
  • 1990Aledmys Díaz, Cuban baseball player
  • 1990 – Elton Jantjies, South African rugby player
  • 1991Piotr Malarczyk, Polish footballer
  • 1991 – Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer
  • 1992Austin Rivers, American basketball player
  • 1992 – Mrunal Thakur, Indian actress
  • 1993Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player
  • 1993 – Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer
  • 1994Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player
  • 1994 – Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer
  • 1995Madison Cawthorn, American politician[18]
  • 1996Katie Boulter, English tennis player
  • 2001Park Si-eun, South Korean actress

Deaths[]

Pre-1600[]

  • 30 BCMark Antony, Roman general and politician (b. 83 BC)[19]
  • 371Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop and saint (b. 283)
  • 527Justin I, Byzantine emperor (b. 450)
  • 873Thachulf, duke of Thuringia
  • 946Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah, Abbasid vizier (b. 859)
  • 946 – Lady Xu Xinyue, Chinese queen (b. 902)
  • 953Yingtian, Chinese Khitan empress (b. 879)
  • 984Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester
  • 1098Adhemar of Le Puy, French papal legate
  • 1137Louis VI, king of France (b. 1081)
  • 1146Vsevolod II of Kiev, Russian prince[20]
  • 1227Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)
  • 1252Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Italian archbishop and explorer (b. 1180)
  • 1299Conrad de Lichtenberg, Bishop of Strasbourg (b. 1240)
  • 1402Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1341)
  • 1457Lorenzo Valla, Italian author and educator (b. 1406)
  • 1464Cosimo de' Medici, Italian ruler (b. 1386)
  • 1494Giovanni Santi, artist and father of Raphael (b. c. 1435)
  • 1541Simon Grynaeus, German theologian and scholar (b. 1493)
  • 1543Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1488)
  • 1546Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506)
  • 1557Olaus Magnus, Swedish archbishop, historian, and cartographer (b. 1490)
  • 1580Albrecht Giese, Polish-German politician and diplomat (b. 1524)
  • 1589Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)

1601–1900[]

  • 1603Matthew Browne, English politician (b. 1563)
  • 1714Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)[21]
  • 1787Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)
  • 1795Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)
  • 1796Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (b. 1720)
  • 1797Emanuel Granberg, Finnish church painter (b. 1754)[22]
  • 1798François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (b. 1753)
  • 1807John Boorman, English cricketer (b. c. 1754)
  • 1807 – John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)
  • 1808Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (b. 1734)
  • 1812Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (b. 1763)
  • 1851William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (b. 1775)
  • 1863Jind Kaur Majarani (Regent) of the Sikh Empire (b. 1817)[23]
  • 1866John Ross, American tribal chief (b. 1790)
  • 1869Peter Julian Eymard, French Priest and Founder Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (b. 1811)
  • 1869Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)

1901–present[]

  • 1903Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
  • 1911Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
  • 1911 – Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
  • 1918John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
  • 1920Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
  • 1921T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
  • 1922Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
  • 1929Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
  • 1938Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862)
  • 1943Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)
  • 1944Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878)
  • 1957Rose Fyleman, English writer and poet (b. 1877)[24]
  • 1959Jean Behra, French race car driver (b. 1921)
  • 1963Theodore Roethke, American poet (b. 1908)
  • 1966Charles Whitman, American murderer (b. 1941)
  • 1967Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)
  • 1970Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913)
  • 1970 – Doris Fleeson, American journalist (b. 1901)
  • 1970 – Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
  • 1973Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (b. 1882)
  • 1973 – Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (b. 1893)
  • 1974Ildebrando Antoniutti, Italian cardinal (b. 1898)
  • 1977Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (b. 1929)
  • 1980Patrick Depailler, French race car driver (b. 1944)
  • 1980 – Strother Martin, American actor (b. 1919)
  • 1981Paddy Chayefsky, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
  • 1981 – Kevin Lynch, Irish Republican[25]
  • 1982T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
  • 1989John Ogdon, English pianist and composer (b. 1937)
  • 1990Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1897)
  • 1996Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
  • 1996 – Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian physician and surgeon (b. 1929)
  • 1998Eva Bartok, Hungarian-British actress (b. 1927)
  • 2001Korey Stringer, American football player (b. 1974)
  • 2003Guy Thys, Belgian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)
  • 2003 – Marie Trintignant, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1962)
  • 2004Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (b. 1913)
  • 2005Al Aronowitz, American journalist (b. 1928)
  • 2005 – Wim Boost, Dutch cartoonist and educator (b. 1918)
  • 2005 – Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter and sculptor (b. 1920)
  • 2005 – Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1923)
  • 2006Bob Thaves, American illustrator (b. 1924)
  • 2006 – Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and activist (b. 1949)
  • 2007Tommy Makem, Irish singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1932)
  • 2008Gertan Klauber, Czech-English actor (b. 1932)
  • 2008 – Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)
  • 2009Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (b. 1933)
  • 2010Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican-American activist (b. 1919)
  • 2010 – Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer (b. 1910)
  • 2012Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer and agent (b. 1953)
  • 2012 – Douglas Townsend, American composer and musicologist (b. 1921)
  • 2012 – Barry Trapnell, English cricketer and academic (b. 1924)
  • 2013John Amis, English journalist and critic (b. 1922)
  • 2013 – Gail Kobe, American actress and producer (b. 1932)
  • 2013 – Babe Martin, American baseball player (b. 1920)
  • 2013 – Toby Saks, American cellist and educator (b. 1942)
  • 2013 – Wilford White, American football player (b. 1928)
  • 2014Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (b. 1973)
  • 2014 – Jan Roar Leikvoll, Norwegian author (b. 1974)
  • 2014 – Charles T. Payne, American soldier (b. 1925)
  • 2014 – Mike Smith, English radio and television host (b. 1955)
  • 2015Stephan Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (b. 1968)
  • 2015 – Cilla Black, English singer and actress (b. 1943)
  • 2015 – Bernard d'Espagnat, French physicist, philosopher, and author (b. 1921)
  • 2015 – Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (b. 1939)
  • 2015 – Hong Yuanshuo, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1948)
  • 2016Queen Anne of Romania (b. 1923)
  • 2020Wilford Brimley, American actor and singer (b. 1934)[26]
  • 2020 – Rodney H. Pardey, American poker player (b. 1945)[27]
  • 2020 – Rickey Dixon, American professional football player (b. 1966)[28]
  • 2021Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Scottish Islamic scholar and writer (b. 1930)[29]
  • 2021 – Jerry Ziesmer, American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor (b. 1939)[30]

Holidays and observances[]

  • Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)
  • Armed Forces Day (China) or Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Liberation Army (People's Republic of China)
  • Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet Day (Azerbaijan)
  • Emancipation Day is commemorated in many parts of the former British Empire, which marks the day the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into effect which abolished chattel slavery in the British Empire:[31]
  • Earliest day on which Caribana carnival can fall, takes place on the first Weekend of August. (Toronto)
  • Christian feast day:
    • Abgar V of Edessa (Syrian Church)
    • Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori
    • Æthelwold of Winchester
    • Bernard Võ Văn Duệ (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
    • Blessed Gerhard Hirschfelder
    • Eusebius of Vercelli
    • Exuperius of Bayeux
    • Felix of Girona
    • Peter Apostle in Chains
    • Procession of the Cross and the beginning of Dormition Fast (Eastern Orthodoxy)
    • The Holy Maccabees
    • August 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Earliest day on which August Bank Holiday (Ireland) can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August.
  • Earliest day on which Civic Holiday can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August. (Canada)
  • Earliest day on which Commerce Day, or Frídagur verslunarmanna, can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August. (Iceland)
  • Earliest day on which Constitution Day (Cook Islands) can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August.[32]
  • Earliest day on which Farmers' Day can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August. (Zambia)
  • Earliest day on which International Beer Day can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Friday of August.
  • Earliest day on which Friendship Day can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday of August. (United States)
  • Earliest day on which Kadooment Day can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August (Barbados)
  • Earliest day on which Labor Day (Samoa) can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August (Samoa)
  • Minden Day (United Kingdom)
  • National Day, celebrates the independence of Benin from France in 1960.
  • National Day, commemorates Switzerland becoming a single unit in 1291.
  • Official Birthday and Coronation Day of the King of Tonga (Tonga)
  • Parents' Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Statehood Day (Colorado)
  • Swiss National Day (Switzerland)
  • The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year):
    • Lughnasadh in the Northern hemisphere, Imbolc in the Southern hemisphere; traditionally begins on the eve of August 1. (Gaels, Ireland, Scotland, Neopagans)
    • Lammas (England, Scotland, Neopagans)
    • Pachamama Raymi (Quechuan in Ecuador and Peru)
  • The first day of Carnaval del Pueblo (Burgess Park, London, England)
  • Victory Day (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam)
  • World Scout Scarf Day
  • Yorkshire Day (Yorkshire, England)

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