Tukuk-OS📅 August 1
19 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on August 1? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2009 — A shooting at a branch of the Israeli LGBT organization the Aguda in Tel Aviv resulted in two deaths.
- 2007 — Bridge 9340, carrying Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, United States, suffered a catastrophic failure and collapsed (aftermath pictured), killing 13 people and injuring 145 others.
I-35W Mississippi River bridgeInterstate 35W (Minnesota)Mississippi River
- 1991 — U.S. president George H. W. Bush delivered a speech in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev warning against independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1984 — Commercial peat cutters discovered a preserved bog body, now known as Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss in Cheshire, England.
- 1981 — "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles became the first music video broadcast on the American cable television network MTV.
Video Killed the Radio StarThe BugglesList of first music videos aired on MTV
- 1971 — The Concert for Bangladesh, a pair of benefit concerts organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar for refugees of the Bangladesh genocide, took place at Madison Square Garden in New York.
- 1946 — Several days of anti-Jewish rioting began in Bratislava, instigated by former Slovak partisans opposed to the restitution of Jewish property after the Holocaust in Slovakia.
- 1911 — Harriet Quimby became the first woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator certificate.
- 1892 — Jef Denyn hosted the world's first carillon concert at St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium.
- 1876 — Colorado was admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
- 1842 — Three days of rioting erupted after a parade in Philadelphia, celebrating the end of slavery in the West Indies, was attacked by a mob.
Lombard Street riotPhiladelphiaSlavery in the British and French Caribbean
- 1814 — Britain celebrated the Grand Jubilee to mark 100 years since the accession of George I and 16 years since the start of the Battle of the Nile.
Grand Jubilee of 1814George I of Great BritainBattle of the Nile
- 1801 — First Barbary War: USS Enterprise, an American schooner, captured the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of Libya.
- 1798 — French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile, between a British fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson and a French fleet under François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, began at Aboukir Bay off the Egyptian coast.
French Revolutionary WarsBattle of the NileHoratio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
- 1774 — British scientist Joseph Priestley (pictured) liberated oxygen gas, corroborating the discovery of the element by the German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
- 1714 — George Louis, Elector of Hanover, became King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era.
- 902 — Arab–Byzantine wars: Led by Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid forces captured the Byzantine stronghold of Taormina, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
- 527 — Upon the death of Justin I, his nephew and adopted son Justinian I became the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
- -30 — War of Actium: Octavian defeated the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Alexandria, establishing Roman Egypt.
Births
- 2003 — Joseph Sua'ali'i, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
- 2002 — Alejandro Francés, Spanish footballer
- 2001 — Scottie Barnes, American basketball player
- 2001 — Park Si-eun, South Korean actress
- 2001 — Ben Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
- 2000 — Kim Chaewon, South Korean singer
- 1996 — Katie Boulter, British tennis player
- 1995 — Madison Cawthorn, American politician
- 1994 — Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player
- 1994 — Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer
- 1993 — Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player
- 1993 — Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer
Deaths
- 2024 — Joyce Brabner, American writer and artist (born 1952)
- 2021 — Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Scottish Islamic scholar and writer (born 1930)
- 2021 — Jerry Ziesmer, American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor (born 1939)
- 2020 — Wilford Brimley, American actor and singer (born 1934)
- 2020 — Rickey Dixon, American professional football player (born 1966)
- 2020 — Rodney H. Pardey, American poker player (born 1945)
- 2016 — Queen Anne of Romania (born 1923)
- 2015 — Stephan Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (born 1968)
- 2015 — Cilla Black, English singer and actress (born 1943)
- 2015 — Bernard d'Espagnat, French physicist, philosopher, and author (born 1921)
- 2015 — Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (born 1939)
- 2015 — Hong Yuanshuo, Chinese footballer and manager (born 1948)
Observances & holidays
- 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: Emancipation Day is a public holiday in Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
- Christian feast day: Abgar V of Edessa (Syrian Church)
- Christian feast day: Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori
- Christian feast day: Æthelwold of Winchester
- Christian feast day: Bernard Võ Văn Duệ (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Gerhard Hirschfelder
- Christian feast day: Eusebius of Vercelli
- Christian feast day: Exuperius of Bayeux
- Christian feast day: Felix of Girona
- Christian feast day: Peter Apostle in Chains
- Christian feast day: Blessed Mary Stella and her Ten Companions
- Christian feast day:
Procession of the Cross and the beginning of Dormition Fast (Eastern Orthodoxy)
Feast of the CrossDormition of the Mother of GodEastern Orthodox Church
- Christian feast day: The Holy Maccabees
- Christian feast day: August 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Minden Day (United Kingdom)
- National Day, celebrates the independence of Benin from France in 1960.
- Official Birthday and Coronation Day of the King of Tonga (Tonga)
- Parents' Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Public holidays in the Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo
- Statehood Day (Colorado)
- Swiss National Day, commemorates Switzerland becoming a single unit in 1291.
- 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)
- The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year): Lammas (England, Scotland, Neopagans)
- The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year): Pachamama Raymi (Quechuan in Ecuador and Peru)
- Victory Day (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam)
- World Scout Scarf Day
- Yorkshire Day (Yorkshire, England)
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