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01 Aug 2030
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Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic. |
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01 Aug 2069
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Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis. |
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01 Aug 0527
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Justinianus I succeeds Justinus I as Emperor of Byzantium
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01 Aug 0527
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Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. |
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01 Aug 0607
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Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607). |
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01 Aug 0860
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Peace of Koblenz: Charles the Bare, Louis the German and Lotharius II
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01 Aug 0902
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Aghlabidisch emir Ibrahim II destroys Taormina, Sicily
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01 Aug 0902
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Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabids army, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily. |
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01 Aug 1021
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Synod of Pavia: Emperor Henry II convicts married priest
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01 Aug 1086
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English barons become submissive to King Willem the Occupier
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01 Aug 1177
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Peace Treaty of Venice: Emperor Frederik I and Pope Alexander III
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01 Aug 1192
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Richard the Lionheart landed on Jaffa and defeated the army of Saladin |
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01 Aug 1203
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Alexius IV Angelus appointed co-regent of Byzantium
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01 Aug 1203
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Isaac II Angelos, restored Eastern Roman Emperor, declares his son Alexios IV Angelos co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Fourth Crusade. |
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01 Aug 1291
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Everlasting League forms, basis of Swiss Confederation (Independence)
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01 Aug 1291
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The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter. |
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01 Aug 1404
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Earl Engelbert I of Nassau marries Johanna of Poland
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01 Aug 1469
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Louis XI of France founds the chivalric order called the Order of Saint Michael in Amboise. |
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01 Aug 1485
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Henry (VII) Tudors army sails to England
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01 Aug 1498
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Christopher Columbus lands on "Isla Santa" (Venezuela)
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01 Aug 1498
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Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela. |
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01 Aug 1588
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English Admiral Howard van Effingham beats Spanish Armada
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01 Aug 1589
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Murder attempt by Monk Jacques Clement on French King Hendrik III
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01 Aug 1619
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1st black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia
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01 Aug 1620
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The Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England. |
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01 Aug 1626
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Earl Earnest Casimir conquerors Oldenzaal
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01 Aug 1628
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Emperor Ferdinand II demands Austria Protestant convert to Catholicism
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01 Aug 1664
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Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár. |
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01 Aug 1690
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Battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye
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01 Aug 1711
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Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov
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01 Aug 1714
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Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes King George I of England
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01 Aug 1714
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George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history. |
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01 Aug 1715
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The Riot Act comes into force in England. |
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01 Aug 1716
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1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea)
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01 Aug 1732
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Foundation laid for Bank of England
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01 Aug 1759
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Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France
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01 Aug 1759
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Seven 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. |
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01 Aug 1774
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Priestly discovers oxygen
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01 Aug 1774
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British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. |
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01 Aug 1780
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Sweden declares neutrality
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01 Aug 1781
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English army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia
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01 Aug 1785
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Caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet
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01 Aug 1789
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US Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act
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01 Aug 1790
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1st US census (population of 3,939,214; 697,624 are slaves)
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01 Aug 1793
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France becomes 1st country to use the metric system
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01 Aug 1794
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Whiskey Rebellion begins
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01 Aug 1798
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Battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet
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01 Aug 1798
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French 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. |
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01 Aug 1800
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The Acts of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. |
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01 Aug 1801
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First Barbary War: The American schooner USS Enterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya. |
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01 Aug 1812
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Rare tornado hits Westchester County, New York
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01 Aug 1814
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Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat
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01 Aug 1831
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London Bridge opens to traffic
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01 Aug 1831
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A new London Bridge opens. |
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01 Aug 1834
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Slavery abolished through out the British Empire
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01 Aug 1834
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Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force. |
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01 Aug 1836
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HMS Beagle / Charles Darwin returns to Bahia Brazil
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01 Aug 1838
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Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas
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01 Aug 1838
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Non-laborer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated. |
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01 Aug 1842
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Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens
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01 Aug 1842
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The Lombard Street Riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
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01 Aug 1852
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San Francisco Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist
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01 Aug 1855
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Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants
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01 Aug 1855
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The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps. |
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01 Aug 1861
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Brazil recognizes Confederacy
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01 Aug 1863
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Battle of Little Rock AK and Start of Chattanooga campaign
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01 Aug 1863
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Cavalry action near Brandy Station-End of Gettysburg Campaign
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01 Aug 1864
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Battle of Petersburg, Virginia
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01 Aug 1867
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Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn)
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01 Aug 1869
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1st voyage down Colorado River
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01 Aug 1876
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Colorado becomes 38th state
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01 Aug 1876
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Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state. |
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01 Aug 1881
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US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay
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01 Aug 1883
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Inland postal service begins in Great Britain
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01 Aug 1886
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Great Britain annexes Kermadec-Island near New Zealand
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01 Aug 1893
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Henry Perky and William Ford patent shredded wheat
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01 Aug 1894
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The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea. |
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01 Aug 1896
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George Samuelson completes rowing Atlantic (NY to England)
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01 Aug 1901
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Burial within SF City limits prohibited
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01 Aug 1902
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Building begins on Dutch public housing
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01 Aug 1902
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Mine accident in Wollongong, Australia (100 die)
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01 Aug 1903
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1st coast-to-coast automobile trip (SF-NY) completed
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01 Aug 1906
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Brooklyn Dodger Harry McIntire no-hits Pittsburgh for 10 2 / 3 loses in 13th
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01 Aug 1907
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Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street, San Francisco
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01 Aug 1907
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Signal Corps of US army starts aircraft division
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01 Aug 1907
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The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement. |
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01 Aug 1909
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British SS Waratah disappears on Sydney to London, 300 killed
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01 Aug 1911
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Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point
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01 Aug 1911
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Harriet Quimby she took her pilot's test and became the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate. |
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01 Aug 1914
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British fleet reaches Scapa Flow
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01 Aug 1914
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Emperor Wilhelm II declares war on his nephew tsar Nicolas II (WWI)
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01 Aug 1914
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France and Germany mobilize
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01 Aug 1914
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Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg Germany declares war on Russia in WWI
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01 Aug 1914
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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. |
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01 Aug 1916
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Hawaii National Park forms
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01 Aug 1917
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Frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, Montana
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01 Aug 1918
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British troops enter Vladivostok
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01 Aug 1918
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Pittsburgh Pirates beat Boston Braves, 2-0, in 21 innings
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01 Aug 1919
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Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam
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01 Aug 1919
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Treffers soccer team forms in Groesbeek
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01 Aug 1920
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Papendrecht soccer team forms
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01 Aug 1920
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Peace of Riga-Independence of Latvia
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01 Aug 1922
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Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard
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01 Aug 1925
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Shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk and Netherlands East-Indies
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01 Aug 1926
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Battles between Druzen and French in Damascus
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01 Aug 1926
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Failed assassination on General Primo de Rivera in Barcelona
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01 Aug 1927
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Earliest date for a film to be considered for the Academy Awards
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01 Aug 1927
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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. |
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01 Aug 1928
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Babe Ruth hits HR # 42 and is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace
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01 Aug 1933
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Carl Hubbell sets record of consecutive scoreless innings (45 1 / 3)
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01 Aug 1933
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Death penality for anti fascists in Germany
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01 Aug 1933
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Dutch colonial regime in Batavia arrest ir Sukarno
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01 Aug 1933
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NRA (National Recovery Administration) forms
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01 Aug 1936
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Adolph Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
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01 Aug 1936
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Benjamin E Mays named President of Morehouse College
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01 Aug 1937
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Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor. |
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01 Aug 1941
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Luftwaffe bombs German 23rd division
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01 Aug 1941
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New York Yankee Lefty Gomez walks most (11) in a shutout (Yanks 9, St. L 0)
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01 Aug 1942
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Deurne soccer team forms
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01 Aug 1942
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German occupier demands listing of all Dutch telephone subscribers
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01 Aug 1943
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Japan declares Burma Independence under U Ba Maw
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01 Aug 1943
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Race riot in Harlem New York City
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01 Aug 1943
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Sunderland seaplanes sink U-454 and U-383
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01 Aug 1944
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Adam Clayton Powell elected 1st black congressman from East
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01 Aug 1944
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General Montgomery takes command of 12th and 21st army
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01 Aug 1944
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US 90th division occupies St. Hilaire-du-Harcourt
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01 Aug 1944
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US troops enter Tessy-sur-Vir
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01 Aug 1944
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World War II: the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland. |
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01 Aug 1945
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Mel Ott is 1st in NL to hit 500th HR (joins Babe Ruth & Jimmy Foxx)
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01 Aug 1945
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SVBO soccer team forms in Barger-Oosterveld
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01 Aug 1946
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President Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
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01 Aug 1946
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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. |
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01 Aug 1947
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"Medium & The Telephone" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 211 performances
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01 Aug 1947
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Valleivogels soccer team forms in Scherpenzeel
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01 Aug 1950
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1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons)
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01 Aug 1950
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American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule
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01 Aug 1950
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Guam adopts constitution (Organic Act)
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01 Aug 1950
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King Leopold of Belgium abdicates, Baudouin becomes King
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01 Aug 1950
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Territory of Guam created
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01 Aug 1953
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California introduces sales tax (for education)
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01 Aug 1953
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Fidel Castro arrested in Cuba
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01 Aug 1953
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KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, MO (MET / ABC) begins broadcasting
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01 Aug 1953
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KOBI TV channel 5 in Medford, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting
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01 Aug 1953
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Northern Rhodesia becomes part of Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
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01 Aug 1953
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Red Sox Ben Flowers sets then record of 8 consecutive games in relief
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01 Aug 1954
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Louison Bobet wins his 2nd Tour de France
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01 Aug 1954
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WKBT TV channel 8 in La Crosse, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Aug 1955
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1st microgravity research begins
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01 Aug 1955
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Tengku Abdul Rahman forms Malacca government
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01 Aug 1955
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WILL TV channel 12 in Urbana-Champaign, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Aug 1956
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KRCR TV channel 7 in Redding-Chico, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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01 Aug 1957
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1st coml building heated by Sun (Albuquerque NM)
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01 Aug 1957
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Gil Hodges hits his NL record 13th career grand slam (Last by Brooklyn)
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01 Aug 1957
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US and Canada create North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)
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01 Aug 1957
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The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). |
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01 Aug 1958
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1st class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years)
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01 Aug 1958
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US atomic sub USS Nautilus 1st dives under North Pole
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01 Aug 1959
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New Continental baseball league formed
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01 Aug 1959
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Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Sacerdotii nostri primordia
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01 Aug 1959
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WAAY TV channel 31 in Huntsville, AL (ABC / NBC) begins broadcasting
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01 Aug 1960
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Aretha Franklins 1st recording session
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01 Aug 1960
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Benin (Dahomey) gains independence from France
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01 Aug 1960
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Chubby Checker releases "The Twist"
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01 Aug 1960
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Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France. |
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01 Aug 1960
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Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan. |
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01 Aug 1961
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Benaud rips through England team for Aussie win at Old Trafford
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01 Aug 1961
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German DR limits traffic to West Berlin
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01 Aug 1961
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New SF Hall of Justice opens
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01 Aug 1961
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Whitney Young Jr named Executive Director of National Urban League
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01 Aug 1961
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization. |
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01 Aug 1962
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Boston Red Sox Bill Monboquette no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0
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01 Aug 1962
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Failed assassination on President Nkrumah of Ghana
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01 Aug 1963
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Beatles Book is sold out on its 1st day of sale
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01 Aug 1963
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Germany FR annexes Elten village
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01 Aug 1963
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WQAD TV channel 8 in Moline, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
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01 Aug 1964
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ALM (Antillian Airlines) begins operation
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01 Aug 1964
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The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
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01 Aug 1965
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
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01 Aug 1966
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Charles Whitman climbs University of Texas tower and shoots 12 dead
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01 Aug 1966
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Former marine Charles Whitman kills 13 andwounds 31 at University of Texas
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01 Aug 1966
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Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police. |
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01 Aug 1966
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Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. |
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01 Aug 1967
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WBRA TV channel 15 in Roanoke, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Aug 1968
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Canada begins replacing silver with nickel in coins
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01 Aug 1968
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Cleveland Metroparks begins operating Zoo
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01 Aug 1968
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WXIX TV channel 19 in Cincinnati-Newport, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
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01 Aug 1968
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The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei. |
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01 Aug 1969
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110,000 attend Atlantic City Pop Festival
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01 Aug 1969
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36th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: New York Jets 26, All-Stars 24 (74,208)
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01 Aug 1970
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EAA Convention moves from Rockford Ill to Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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01 Aug 1970
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KTSD TV channel 10 in Pierre, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Aug 1970
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Willie Stargell (Pirates) ties record of 5 extra base hits in a game
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01 Aug 1971
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Bangladesh refugee concert with George Harrison
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01 Aug 1971
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Joanne Carner wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
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01 Aug 1972
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1st article exposing Wategate scandal (Bernstein-Woodward)
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01 Aug 1972
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Nate Colbert of SD Padres hits record tying 5 HRs in a double header
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01 Aug 1973
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H J Witteveen appointed as Director of IMF
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01 Aug 1973
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Munson and Fisk get into a brawl at Fenway Park
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01 Aug 1974
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Virginia Squires trade Julius "Dr J" Erving to New York Nets
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01 Aug 1974
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Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones. |
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01 Aug 1975
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38 government leaders signs Helsinki accord
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01 Aug 1975
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41st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Pittsburgh 21, All-Stars 14 (54,103)
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01 Aug 1975
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Billy Martin replaces Bill Virdon as manager of New York Yankees
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01 Aug 1975
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Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries, rights signed by 35 nations
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01 Aug 1975
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CSCE Final Act creates the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe. |
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01 Aug 1976
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21st Olympic games close at Montreal Canada
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01 Aug 1976
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Flash flood in Big Thompson Canyon Colo on Route 34, kills 139
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01 Aug 1976
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Seattle Seahawks play 1st (preseason) game (SF 27, Seattle 20)
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01 Aug 1978
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Commandos occupy Iraqi embassy in Paris, 1 dead
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01 Aug 1978
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Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL)
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01 Aug 1979
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Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo forms government in Portugal
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01 Aug 1980
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Gerd Wessig of East Germany set high jump record
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01 Aug 1980
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Waldemar Cierpinski wins 19th olympics marathon (2:11:03
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01 Aug 1980
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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state. |
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01 Aug 1980
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Patrick Depailler, French Grand Prix driver was killed in a crash at Hockenheim during a private test session. |
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01 Aug 1981
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MTV premieres at 12:01 AM
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01 Aug 1981
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Poland Premier Jagielski resigns
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01 Aug 1981
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MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. |
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01 Aug 1982
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Beth Daniel wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic
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01 Aug 1982
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Greg Louganis, US becomes 1st diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dives
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01 Aug 1982
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H Aaron, F Robinson, T Jackson, and H Chandler inducted in Hall of Fame
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01 Aug 1982
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Heavy Israeli air bombardment on Beirut
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01 Aug 1982
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Petra Schneider swims world record 400m medley (4:36.10)
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01 Aug 1984
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Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, northwest England |
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01 Aug 1985
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15.4 cm rainfall at Cheyenne, Wyoming (state record)
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01 Aug 1985
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Emmy 12th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 6th time
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01 Aug 1985
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Vince Coleman steals 2 bases in 1st inning, for NL rookie record 74
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01 Aug 1986
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Bert Blyleven becomes 10th pitcher to strike out 3,000
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01 Aug 1986
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Cleveland sets AL attendance record for twi-night doubleheader, 65,934
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01 Aug 1987
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Mike Tyson beat Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
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01 Aug 1987
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Nurse Mary R Stout chosen chairperson of Vietnam Veterans of America
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01 Aug 1988
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Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon
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01 Aug 1990
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Iraq pulls out of talks with Kuwait
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01 Aug 1990
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Soyuz TM-10 launches
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01 Aug 1990
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Stanton Cook becomes CEO of Chicago Cubs
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01 Aug 1991
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Actress Hedy Lamarr, 77, arrested for shoplifting in Florida
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01 Aug 1991
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Italian / Argentine Soccer star Diego Maradona retires
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01 Aug 1992
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"Salome" closes at Circle in the Square Theater NYC after 9 performances
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01 Aug 1992
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USA / USSR Around World Air Race begins at Santa Monica
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01 Aug 1993
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"In the Summer House" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 25 performances
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01 Aug 1993
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"She Loves Me" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 61 performances
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01 Aug 1993
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Reggie Jackson enshrined in Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
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01 Aug 1993
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Walter Koenig, Checkov of Star Trek, suffers a heart attack
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01 Aug 1993
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The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak. |
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01 Aug 1994
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The Rolling Stones begin Voodoo Lounge world tour
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01 Aug 1994
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Train crash in Havana Cuba, 6 killed
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01 Aug 1995
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Westinghouse purchases CBS-TV network
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01 Aug 2001
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Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a Ten Commandments monument installed in the judiciary building, leading to a lawsuit to have it removed and his own removal from office. |
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01 Aug 2004
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A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay. |
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01 Aug 2007
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The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour. |
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01 Aug 2008
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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. |
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