Major Events
- 527 Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire after the death of his uncle Justin I
- 1086 Results of the Domesday inquiry presented to William the Conqueror in Salisbury (the date of compilation and the Great Domesday are historically contestable)
- 1774 English chemist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen by isolating it in its gaseous state
- 1834 Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into effect, abolishes slavery throughout the British Empire
- 1958 US atomic submarine USS Nautilus begins 1st transit of North Pole "Operation Sunshine"
- 2023 Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on charges of conspiring to defraud the country and prevent the peaceful transfer of power by special counsel Jack Smith [1]
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Aug 1 in Film & TV
- 1971 George Harrison's benefit concerts for Bangladesh (2 shows) take place at Madison Square Garden, NYC; performers include Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Ravi Shankar, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, and Leon Russell
- 1981 Music video cable channel MTV debuts in US at 12:01 AM with The Buggles song "Video Killed The Radio Star"
Aug 1 in Sport
Did You Know?
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Sam Mendes
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Jerry Garcia
Coolio
Caroline Shaw
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Fun Fact About August 1
Anthrax outbreak in Yamalo-Nenets, Siberia kills one and infects 8 others, also kills 2,300 reindeer, global warming blamed
Famous Weddings
- 1404 Earl Engelbert I of Nassau marries Johanna of Poland
- 1708 Future Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (32) marries Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (16) at the church of Santa María del Mar, Barcelona
- 1912 Physicist Niels Bohr (26) weds Margrethe Norlund at a civil ceremony in Slagelse, Denmark
Famous Divorces
- 1976 English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor's 6th divorce from Welsh actor Richard Burton; their 2nd divorce from each other
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Mark Antony
Anne Stuart
Calamity Jane
Manuel L. Quezon
Francis Gary Powers
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Oxygen Discovered!
Illustration of Priestley's discovery of oxygen, by Henry Granger
August 1, 1774
Swimming Pool Diplomacy: Khrushchev, Mao and the Sino-Soviet Split
Diplomacy requires a lot of skill, but not normally the ability to swim. Much to Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev's horror when he met Mao Zedong in 1958.
August 1, 1958
