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This day in history: 1 August

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Key facts

424 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 1 August.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2023: Former US President Donald Trump is indicted for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his third indictment in 2023.

Holidays and observances

Armed Forces Day (China) or Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Liberation Army (People's Republic of China)

Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)

Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet Day (Azerbaijan)

Christian feast day: Abgar V of Edessa (Syrian Church)

Christian feast day: Æthelwold of Winchester

Christian feast day: Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori

Christian feast day: August 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Bernard Võ Văn Duệ (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)

Christian feast day: Blessed Gerhard Hirschfelder

Christian feast day: Blessed Mary Stella and her Ten Companions

Christian feast day: Eusebius of Vercelli

Christian feast day: Exuperius of Bayeux

Events

2023Former US President Donald Trump is indicted for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his third indictment in 2023.

2017A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.

2008Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions die on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.

2008The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.

2007The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145.

2004A supermarket fire kills 424 people and injures 360 others in Asunción, Paraguay.

1998Puntland, an autonomous state in northeastern Somalia, is officially established following a constitutional conference in Garowe. Issims and tribal chiefs agreed to create a self-declared government until Somalia recovered.

1993The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.

1990A plane crash in the Karabakh Range kills 46 people.

1988A British soldier is killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.

1984Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.

1981MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.

1980A train crash kills 18 people and injures over 170 more in County Cork, Ireland.

1980Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.

1976Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nürburgring.

1976Trinidad and Tobago officially became a republic.

1975The final act of the CSCE meeting is signed in Helsinki, Finland.

1974Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.

1971The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

1968The coronation of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei, is held.

1966Charles Whitman kills 15 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.

1966Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.

1965Frank Herbert's novel, Dune, is published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.

1964The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

1961U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.

1960Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.

1960Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.

1957The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).

1950Guam is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.

1946Leaders 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.

1944World War II: The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi German occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.

1943World War II: Operation Tidal Wave, also known as "Black Sunday", is a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.

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.

1936The Olympics open in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.

1933Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.

1927The 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.

1915Patrick Pearse gives his famous speech "Ireland unfree shall never be at peace" at O'Donovan Rossa's funeral in Dublin.

1914World War I: The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.

1914World War I: The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.

1911Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.

Born on this day

2003Joseph Sua'ali'i, Australian-Samoan rugby league player

2002Alejandro Francés, Spanish footballer

2001Ben Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player

2001Park Si-eun, South Korean actress

2001Scottie Barnes, American basketball player

2000Kim Chaewon, South Korean singer

1996Katie Boulter, British tennis player

1995Madison Cawthorn, American politician

1994Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer

1994Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player

1993Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player

1993Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer

1993Saleh Gomaa, Egyptian footballer

1992Austin Rivers, American basketball player

1992Mrunal Thakur, Indian actress

1991Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer

1991Piotr Malarczyk, Polish footballer

1990Aledmys Díaz, Cuban baseball player

1990Elton Jantjies, South African rugby player

1989Madison Bumgarner, American baseball player

1989Tiffany Young, Korean American singer, songwriter, and actress

1988Bodene Thompson, New Zealand rugby league player

1988Mustafa Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer

1988Nemanja Matić, Serbian footballer

1988Patryk Małecki, Polish footballer

1988Travis Boak, Australian footballer

1987Iago Aspas, Spanish footballer

1987Karen Carney, English women's footballer

1987Lee Wallace, Scottish footballer

1987Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer

1987Taapsee Pannu, Indian actress

1986Andrew Taylor, English footballer

1986Anton Strålman, Swedish ice hockey player

1986Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player

1986Marissa Paternoster, American artist, singer and guitarist

1986Mike Wallace, American football player

1985Dušan Švento, Slovak footballer

1985Kris Stadsgaard, Danish footballer

1985Stuart Holden, Scottish-American soccer player

1985Tendai Mtawarira, South African rugby player

Died on this day

2024Joyce Brabner, American writer and artist (born 1952)

2021Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Scottish Islamic scholar and writer (born 1930)

2021Jerry Ziesmer, American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor (born 1939)

2020Rickey Dixon, American professional football player (born 1966)

2020Rodney H. Pardey, American poker player (born 1945)

2020Wilford Brimley, American actor and singer (born 1934)

2016Queen Anne of Romania (born 1923)

2015Bernard d'Espagnat, French physicist, philosopher, and author (born 1921)

2015Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (born 1939)

2015Cilla Black, English singer and actress (born 1943)

2015Hong Yuanshuo, Chinese footballer and manager (born 1948)

2015Stephan Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (born 1968)

2014Charles T. Payne, American soldier (born 1925)

2014Jan Roar Leikvoll, Norwegian author (born 1974)

2014Mike Smith, English radio and television host (born 1955)

2014Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (born 1973)

2013Babe Martin, American baseball player (born 1920)

2013Gail Kobe, American actress and producer (born 1932)

2013John Amis, English journalist and critic (born 1922)

2013Toby Saks, American cellist and educator (born 1942)

2013Wilford White, American football player (born 1928)

2012Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer and agent (born 1953)

2012Barry Trapnell, English cricketer and academic (born 1924)

2012Douglas Townsend, American composer and musicologist (born 1921)

2010Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer (born 1910)

2010Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican-American activist (born 1919)

2009Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (born 1933)

2008Gertan Klauber, Czech-born English actor (born 1932)

2008Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1916)

2007Tommy Makem, Irish singer-songwriter and banjo player (born 1932)

Quote of the day

“When walking, walk. When eating, eat.”

Zen proverb

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