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                        "*": "{{for|the film|August 1 (film)|}}\n{{pp-pc1}}\n{{pp-move-indef}}\n{{calendar}}\n{{This date in recent years}}\n{{Day}}\n\n==Events==\n===Pre-1600===\n*[[30 BC]] &ndash; [[Augustus|Octavian]] (later known as Augustus) enters [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]], bringing it under the control of the [[Roman Republic]].\n*[[AD 69]] &ndash; [[Revolt of the Batavi|Batavian rebellion]]: The [[Batavi (Germanic tribe)|Batavians]] in [[Germania Inferior]] (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of [[Gaius Julius Civilis]].\n* [[527]] &ndash; [[Justinian I]] becomes the sole ruler of the [[Byzantine Empire]].\n* [[607]] &ndash; [[Ono no Imoko]] is dispatched as envoy to the [[Sui dynasty|Sui]] court in China (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: July 3, 607).\n* [[902]] &ndash; [[Taormina]], the last Byzantine stronghold in [[Sicily]], is [[Siege of Taormina (902)|captured]] by the [[Aghlabid]] army, concluding the [[Muslim conquest of Sicily]].<ref>{{Byzance et les Arabes|volume=2.1|pages=145\u2013147}}</ref>\n*[[1203]] &ndash; [[Isaac II Angelos]], restored [[Byzantine Emperor]], declares his son [[Alexios IV Angelos]] co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the [[Fourth Crusade]].\n*[[1291]] &ndash; The [[Old Swiss Confederacy]] is formed with the signature of the [[Federal Charter of 1291|Federal Charter]].\n*[[1469]] &ndash; [[Louis XI of France]] founds the [[chivalric order]] called the [[Order of Saint Michael]] in [[Amboise]].\n*[[1498]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] becomes the first European to visit what is now [[Venezuela]].\n*[[1571]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman\u2013Venetian War (1570\u201373)#Ottoman conquest of Cyprus|Ottoman conquest of Cyprus]] is concluded, by the surrender of [[Famagusta]].\n===1601\u20131900===\n*[[1620]] &ndash; [[Speedwell (1577 ship)|''Speedwell'']] leaves [[Delfshaven]] to bring [[Pilgrim Fathers|pilgrims]] to [[Plymouth Colony|America]] by way of England.\n*[[1664]] &ndash; [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman forces]] are defeated in the [[Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664)|battle of Saint Gotthard]] by an [[Habsburg monarchy|Austrian]] army led by [[Raimondo Montecuccoli]], resulting in the [[Peace of Vasv\u00e1r]].\n*[[1714]] &ndash; George, Elector of [[Hanover]], becomes King [[George I of Great Britain]], marking the beginning of the [[Georgian era]] of British history.\n*[[1759]] &ndash; [[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.\n*[[1774]] &ndash; British scientist [[Joseph Priestley]] discovers [[oxygen]] gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist [[Carl Wilhelm Scheele]].\n*[[1798]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[Battle of the Nile|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of the Nile {{!}} Egyptian-European history |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Nile |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>\n*[[1800]] &ndash; 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]].\n*[[1801]] &ndash; [[First Barbary War]]: The American [[schooner]] {{USS|Enterprise|1799|6}} [[Action of 1 August 1801|captures]] the [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]tan [[polacca]] ''Tripoli'' in a [[single-ship action]] off the coast of modern-day [[Libya]].\n*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Abolitionism in the United Kingdom|Slavery 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]].\n*  1834   &ndash; Construction begins on the [[Wilberforce Monument]] in [[Kingston Upon Hull]].<ref name=Wilberforce>{{Cite web|last=Kitching|first=Sophie|date=9 February 2018|title=The bizarre reason this Hull landmark was moved 82 years ago|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/history/bizarre-reason-hull-landmark-moved-1176719|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302144359/https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/history/bizarre-reason-hull-landmark-moved-1176719|archive-date=2 March 2021|access-date=1 October 2021|website=[[Hull Daily Mail]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|language=en}}</ref>\n*[[1842]] &ndash; The [[Lombard Street riot]] erupts in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States.\n*[[1849]] &ndash; ''[[Joven Daniel]]'' wrecks at the coast of [[Araucan\u00eda (historic region)|Araucan\u00eda]], Chile, leading to allegations that local [[Mapuche]] tribes murdered survivors and kidnapped [[Elisa Bravo]].<ref name=Munoz2010>{{Cite journal|title=El naufragio del bergant\u00edn Joven Daniel, 1849. El ind\u00edgena en el imaginario hist\u00f3rico de Chile|journal=Tiempo Hist\u00f3rico|last=Mu\u00f1oz Sougarret|first=Jorge|issue=1|year=2010|language=es|pages=133\u2013148}}</ref>\n*[[1855]] &ndash; The first ascent of [[Monte Rosa]], the second highest summit in the Alps.\n*[[1863]] &ndash; At the suggestion of Senator [[Johan Vilhelm Snellman|J. V. Snellman]] and the order of Emperor [[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]], full rights were promised to the [[Finnish language]] by a language regulation in the [[Grand Duchy of Finland]].<ref>{{cite book| author= Olavi Junnila | title= Suomen historia 5 | year= 1986 | chapter= Autonomian rakentaminen ja kansallisen nousun aika | page= 151 | location = Helsinki | publisher= Weilin + G\u00f6\u00f6s | isbn= 951-35-2494-9 | language = fi}}</ref>\n*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Colorado]] is admitted as the 38th [[U.S. state]].\n*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Henry Perky]] patents [[shredded wheat]].\n*[[1894]] &ndash; The [[Empire of Japan]] and [[Qing dynasty|Qing China]] declare war on each other after a week of fighting over Korea, formally inaugurating the [[First Sino-Japanese War]].\n===1901\u2013present===\n*[[1907]] &ndash; The start of the [[Brownsea Island Scout camp|first Scout camp]] on [[Brownsea Island]], the origin of the worldwide [[Scouting]] movement.\n*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Harriet Quimby]] takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.\n*[[1914]] &ndash; The [[German Empire]] declares war on the [[Russian Empire]] at the opening of [[World War I]]. The [[Military of Switzerland|Swiss Army]] mobilizes because of World War I.\n*[[1927]] &ndash; 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]].\n*[[1933]] &ndash; Anti-Fascist activists [[Bruno Tesch (antifascist)|Bruno Tesch]], Walter M\u00f6ller, Karl Wolff and August L\u00fctgens are executed by the Nazi regime in [[Altona, Hamburg|Altona]].\n*[[1936]] &ndash; The [[1936 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] opened in [[Berlin]] with a ceremony presided over by [[Adolf Hitler]].\n*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Josip Broz Tito]] reads the resolution \"Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH\" to the constitutive congress of KPH ([[League of Communists of Croatia|Croatian Communist Party]]) in woods near [[Samobor]].\n*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Operation Tidal Wave]] also known as \"Black Sunday\", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.\n*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Warsaw Uprising]] against the [[Nazism|Nazi German]] occupation breaks out in [[Warsaw]], Poland.\n*[[1946]] &ndash; Leaders of the [[Russian Liberation Army]], a force of Russian prisoners of war that [[Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II|collaborated with Nazi Germany]], are executed in Moscow, [[Soviet Union]] for treason.\n*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Guam]] is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President [[Harry S. Truman]] signs the [[Guam Organic Act of 1950|Guam Organic Act]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Department of the Interior|title=Years of Progress, 1945\u20131952|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior|date=1953|oclc=2183193|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3CGAAAAMAAJ|pages=103\u2013104}}</ref>\n*[[1957]] &ndash; The United States and Canada form the [[North American Aerospace Defense Command]] (NORAD).\n*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Dahomey]] (later renamed [[Benin]]) declares independence from France.\n*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Islamabad]] is declared the [[federal capital]] of the [[Government of Pakistan]].\n*[[1961]] &ndash; U.S. Defense Secretary [[Robert McNamara]] orders the creation of the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.\n*[[1964]] &ndash; The former [[Belgian Congo]] is renamed the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].\n*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Frank Herbert]]'s novel, [[Dune (novel)|''Dune'']] was published for the first time.  It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.\n*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Charles Whitman]] kills 16 people at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] before being killed by the police.\n*  1966   &ndash; Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the [[Cultural Revolution]].\n*[[1968]] &ndash; The coronation is held of [[Hassanal Bolkiah]], the 29th [[Sultan of Brunei]].\n*[[1971]] &ndash; [[The Concert for Bangladesh]], organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.\n*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Cyprus dispute]]: The [[United Nations Security Council]] authorizes the [[United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus|UNFICYP]] to create the \"[[United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus|Green Line]]\", dividing [[Cyprus]] into two zones.\n*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Niki Lauda]] has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the [[1976 German Grand Prix|German Grand Prix]] at [[N\u00fcrburgring|Nurburgring]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=1976 German Grand Prix {{!}} Motorsport Database|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1976-german-grand-prix/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Saward|first=Joe|date=2020-10-08|title=How the 1976 German Grand Prix Forever Changed the Fate of the Nurburgring Nordschleife|url=https://www.autoweek.com/racing/formula-1/a34313295/1976-german-grand-prix-changed-fate-nurburgring-nordschleife/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Autoweek|language=en-US}}</ref>\n*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Vigd\u00eds Finnbogad\u00f3ttir]] is elected [[President of Iceland]] and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.\n*  1980   &ndash; A [[Buttevant Rail Disaster|train crash]] kills 18 people in [[County Cork]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].\n*[[1981]] &ndash; [[MTV]] begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, \"[[Video Killed the Radio Star]]\" by [[The Buggles]].\n*[[1984]] &ndash; Commercial [[peat]]-cutters discover the preserved [[bog body]] of a man, called [[Lindow Man]], at [[Lindow Moss]], [[Cheshire]], England.\n*[[1988]] &ndash; A British soldier was killed in the [[Inglis Barracks bombing]] in London, England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch88.htm#Aug|title=CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1988|first=Dr Martin|last=Melaugh|website=Cain.ulst.ac.uk|access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref>\n*[[1993]] &ndash; The [[Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993]] comes to a peak.\n*[[2004]] &ndash; A [[Ycu\u00e1 Bola\u00f1os supermarket fire|supermarket fire]] kills 396 people and injures 500 others in [[Asunci\u00f3n, Paraguay]].\n*[[2007]] &ndash; The [[I-35W Mississippi River bridge]] spanning the [[Mississippi River]] in [[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]], collapses during the evening [[rush hour]], killing 13 people and injuring 145.\n*[[2008]] &ndash; The [[Beijing\u2013Tianjin Intercity Railway]] begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.\n*  2008   &ndash; Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in [[2008 K2 disaster|the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering]].\n*[[2017]] &ndash; A [[suicide attack]] on a mosque in Herat, [[Afghanistan]] kills 20 people.\n\n==Births==\n===Pre-1600===\n*[[10 BC]] &ndash; [[Claudius]], Roman emperor (d. 54)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Claudius |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/claudius.shtml |website=BBC |access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>\n*[[AD 126|126]] &ndash; [[Pertinax]], Roman emperor (d. 193)\n* [[845]] &ndash; [[Sugawara no Michizane]], Japanese scholar and politician (d. 903)\n* [[992]] &ndash; [[Hyeonjong of Goryeo]], Korean king (d. 1031)\n*[[1068]] &ndash; [[Emperor Taizu of Jin]], Chinese emperor (d. 1123)\n*[[1313]] &ndash; [[Emperor K\u014dgon|K\u014dgon]], Japanese emperor (d. 1364)\n*[[1377]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Komatsu|Go-Komatsu]], Japanese emperor (d. 1433)\n*[[1385]] &ndash; [[John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel]] (d. 1421)\n*[[1410]] &ndash; [[John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen]], German count (d. 1475)\n*[[1492]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-K\u00f6then]], German prince (d. 1566)\n*[[1520]] &ndash; [[Sigismund II Augustus|Sigismund II]], Polish king (d. 1572)\n*[[1545]] &ndash; [[Andrew Melville]], Scottish theologian and scholar (d. 1622)\n*[[1555]] &ndash; [[Edward Kelley]], English spirit medium (d. 1597)\n*[[1579]] &ndash; [[Luis V\u00e9lez de Guevara]], Spanish author and playwright (d. 1644)\n===1601\u20131900===\n*[[1626]] &ndash; [[Sabbatai Zevi]], Montenegrin rabbi and theorist (d. 1676)\n*[[1630]] &ndash; [[Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh]], English politician, [[Lord High Treasurer]] (d. 1673)\n*[[1659]] &ndash; [[Sebastiano Ricci]], Italian painter (d. 1734)\n*[[1713]] &ndash; [[Charles I, Duke of Brun<response clipped><NOTE>Due to the max output limit, only part of the full response has been shown to you.</NOTE>Anne, Queen of Great Britain]] (b. 1665)<ref>{{cite web |title=Queen Anne: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/anne.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>\n*[[1787]] &ndash; [[Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori]], Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)\n*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Clas Bjerkander]], Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)\n*[[1796]] &ndash; [[Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet]], English colonel and politician (b. 1720)\n*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Emanuel Granberg]], Finnish church painter (b. 1754)<ref>{{cite book| title= Herran huoneiden kuvamaailma - Muhoksen ekumeeninen kuva- ja ikonikirja | publisher= Maahenki Oy | year= 2015 | author= Paula M\u00e4kel\u00e4 | chapter= Muhoksen kirkon kuvamaalari Emanuel Granberg (1754-1797) | pages= 28, 40 | isbn = 978-952-301-036-9 | language = fi}}</ref>\n*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Fran\u00e7ois-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers]], French admiral (b. 1753)\n*[[1807]] &ndash; [[John Boorman (cricketer)|John Boorman]], English cricketer (b. c. 1754)\n*  1807   &ndash; [[John Walker (lexicographer)|John Walker]], English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)\n*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Lady Diana Beauclerk]], English painter and illustrator (b. 1734)\n*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Yakov Kulnev]], Russian general (b. 1763)\n*[[1851]] &ndash; [[William Joseph Behr]], German publicist and academic (b. 1775)\n*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Jind Kaur]] Majarani (Regent) of the Sikh Empire (b. 1817)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/jindkaur.html|title=Maharani Jind Kaur|website=www.sikh-history.com|access-date=2019-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228141750/http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/jindkaur.html|archive-date=2019-02-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>\n*[[1866]] &ndash; [[John Ross (Cherokee chief)|John Ross]], American tribal chief (b. 1790)\n*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Peter Julian Eymard]], French Priest and Founder [[Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament]] (b. 1811)\n*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Richard Dry]], Australian politician, 7th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1815)\n===1901\u2013present===\n*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Calamity Jane]], American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)\n*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Edwin Austin Abbey]], American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)\n*  1911   &ndash; [[Samuel Arza Davenport]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)\n*[[1918]] &ndash; [[John Riley Banister]], American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)\n*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]], Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)\n*[[1921]] &ndash; [[T.J. Ryan]], Australian politician, 19th [[Premier of Queensland]] (b. 1876)\n*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Don\u00e1t B\u00e1nki]], Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)\n*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Syd Gregory]], Australian cricketer (b. 1870)\n*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Edmund C. Tarbell]], American painter and academic (b. 1862)\n*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Lydia Litvyak]], Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)\n*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Manuel L. Quezon]], Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd [[President of the Philippines]] (b. 1878)\n*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Rose Fyleman]], English writer and poet (b. 1877)<ref>{{cite book|last=Hay|first=Ann G.|chapter=Fyleman, Rose (Amy)|editor-first=D.L.|editor-last=Kirkpatrick|title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=978-0-33323-414-3|page=485}}</ref>\n*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Jean Behra]], French race car driver (b. 1921)\n*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Theodore Roethke]], American poet (b. 1908)\n*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Charles Whitman]], American murderer (b. 1941)\n*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Richard Kuhn]], Austrian-German biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] Laureate (b. 1900)\n*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Frances Farmer]], American actress (b. 1913)\n*  1970   &ndash; [[Doris Fleeson]], American journalist (b. 1901)\n*  1970   &ndash; [[Otto Heinrich Warburg]], German physician and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1883)\n*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Gian Francesco Malipiero]], Italian composer and educator (b. 1882)\n*  1973   &ndash; [[Walter Ulbricht]], German soldier and politician (b. 1893)\n*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Ildebrando Antoniutti]], Italian cardinal (b. 1898)\n*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Francis Gary Powers]], American captain and pilot (b. 1929)\n*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Patrick Depailler]], French race car driver (b. 1944)\n*  1980   &ndash; [[Strother Martin]], American actor (b. 1919)\n*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Paddy Chayefsky]], American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1923)\n*  1981   &ndash; [[Kevin Lynch (hunger striker)|Kevin Lynch]], [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republican]], Hunger Striker<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/hunger-strike-roll-of-honour/|title=Roll of Honor/Hunger Strikers|date=6 May 2014}}</ref>\n*[[1982]] &ndash; [[T. Thirunavukarasu]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1933)\n*[[1989]] &ndash; [[John Ogdon]], English pianist and composer (b. 1937)\n*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Norbert Elias]], German-Dutch sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1897)\n*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Tadeusz Reichstein]], Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1897)\n*  1996   &ndash; [[Lucille Teasdale-Corti]], Canadian physician and surgeon (b. 1929)\n*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Eva Bartok]], Hungarian-British actress (b. 1927)\n*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Korey Stringer]], American football player (b. 1974)\n*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Guy Thys]], Belgian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)\n*  2003   &ndash; [[Marie Trintignant]], French actress and screenwriter (b. 1962)\n*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Philip Abelson]], American physicist and author (b. 1913)\n*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Al Aronowitz]], American journalist (b. 1928)\n*  2005   &ndash; [[Wim Boost]], Dutch cartoonist and educator (b. 1918)\n*  2005   &ndash; [[Constant Nieuwenhuys]], Dutch painter and sculptor (b. 1920)\n*  2005   &ndash; [[Fahd of Saudi Arabia]] (b. 1923)\n*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Bob Thaves]], American illustrator (b. 1924)\n*  2006   &ndash; [[Iris Marion Young]], American political scientist and activist (b. 1949)\n*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Tommy Makem]], Irish singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1932)\n*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Gertan Klauber]], Czech-English actor (b. 1932)\n*  2008   &ndash; [[Harkishan Singh Surjeet]], Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)\n*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Corazon Aquino]], Filipino politician, 11th [[President of the Philippines]] (b. 1933)\n*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Lolita Lebr\u00f3n]], Puerto Rican-American activist (b. 1919)\n*  2010   &ndash; [[Eric Tindill]], New Zealand rugby player and cricketer (b. 1910)\n*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Aldo Maldera]], Italian footballer and agent (b. 1953)\n*  2012   &ndash; [[Douglas Townsend]], American composer and musicologist (b. 1921)\n*  2012   &ndash; [[Barry Trapnell]], English cricketer and academic (b. 1924)\n*[[2013]] &ndash; [[John Amis]], English journalist and critic (b. 1922)\n*  2013   &ndash; [[Gail Kobe]], American actress and producer (b. 1932)\n*  2013   &ndash; [[Babe Martin]], American baseball player (b. 1920)\n*  2013   &ndash; [[Toby Saks]], American cellist and educator (b. 1942)\n*  2013   &ndash; [[Wilford White]], American football player (b. 1928)\n*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Valyantsin Byalkevich]], Belarusian footballer and manager (b. 1973)\n*  2014   &ndash; [[Jan Roar Leikvoll]], Norwegian author (b. 1974)\n*  2014   &ndash; [[Charles T. Payne]], American soldier (b. 1925)\n*  2014   &ndash; [[Mike Smith (presenter)|Mike Smith]], English radio and television host (b. 1955)\n*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Stephan Beckenbauer]], German footballer and manager (b. 1968)\n*  2015   &ndash; [[Cilla Black]], English singer and actress (b. 1943)\n*  2015   &ndash; [[Bernard d'Espagnat]], French physicist, philosopher, and author (b. 1921)\n*  2015   &ndash; [[Bob Frankford]], English-Canadian physician and politician (b. 1939)\n*  2015   &ndash; [[Hong Yuanshuo]], Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1948)\n*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Queen Anne of Romania]] (b. 1923)\n*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Wilford Brimley]], American actor and singer (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/date/2020?p=3|title=Famous People Who Died in 2020|website=On This Day|access-date=2020-08-22}}</ref>\n*  2020   &ndash; [[Rodney H. Pardey]], American poker player (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/date/2020/august|title=Famous People Who Died in August 2020|website=On This Day|access-date=2020-08-23}}</ref>\n*  2020   &ndash; [[Rickey Dixon]], American professional football player (b. 1966)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/date/2020/august|title=Famous People Who Died in August 2020|website=On This Day|access-date=2020-08-23}}</ref>\n*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Abdalqadir as-Sufi]], Scottish Islamic scholar and writer (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecognate.com/islamic-scholar-sheikh-dr-abdalqadir-as-sufi-passes-away/|title=Islamic Scholar Sheikh Dr Abdalqadir As-Sufi Passes Away|first=Shaik Zakeer|last=Hussain|date=2 August 2021}}</ref>\n*  2021   &ndash; [[Jerry Ziesmer]], American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite web |title=SAG-AFTRA magazine \u2013 Fall/Winter 2021 |url=https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1433871-fall-winter-2021/141? |website=SAG-AFTRA |access-date=7 December 2021}}</ref>\n<!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust \"this year in history\" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->\n\n==Holidays and observances==\n*[[Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)]]\n*[[Armed Forces Day (China)]] or Anniversary of the Founding of the [[People's Liberation Army]] (People's Republic of China)\n*[[Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet Day]] ([[Azerbaijan]])\n*[[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|chattel slavery]] in the [[British Empire]]:<ref>{{cite book|author1-link=Jeffrey Kerr-Ritchie |last1=Kerr-Ritchie |first1=Jeffrey R. \u00b7 |title=Rites of August First Emancipation Day in the Black Atlantic World |date=2011 |isbn=9780807143643 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-aPYCwAAQBAJ}}</ref>\n**Emancipation Day is a public holiday in [[Barbados]], [[Bermuda]], [[Guyana]], [[Jamaica]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]\n**Earliest day on which Emancipation Day can fall, where it is commemorated on the first Monday of August, for example in [[Anguilla]], [[the Bahamas]], [[British Virgin Islands]]\n*Earliest day on which [[Caribana]] carnival can fall, takes place on the first Weekend of August. ([[Toronto]])\n*Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:\n**[[Abgar V]] of Edessa ([[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syrian Church]])\n**[[Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori]]\n**[[\u00c6thelwold of Winchester]]\n**[[Bernard V\u00f5 V\u0103n Du\u1ec7]] (one of [[Vietnamese Martyrs]])\n**[[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Gerhard Hirschfelder]]\n**[[Eusebius of Vercelli]]\n**[[Exuperius of Bayeux]]\n**[[Felix of Girona]]\n**[[Liberation of Saint Peter|Peter Apostle in Chains]]\n**[[Procession of the Cross]] and the beginning of [[Dormition of the Theotokos#Dormition fast|Dormition Fast]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodoxy]]) \n**[[Woman with seven sons|The Holy Maccabees]]\n**[[August 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]\n*Earliest day on which [[August Bank Holiday (Ireland)]] can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August.\n*Earliest day on which [[Civic Holiday]] can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August. (Canada)\n*Earliest day on which [[Commerce Day]], or ''Fr\u00eddagur verslunarmanna'', can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August. ([[Iceland]])\n*Earliest day on which [[Constitution Day (Cook Islands)]] can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HfywxU2EnFwC&pg=PA183|title=The World Factbook 2016-17|last1=Agency|first1=United States Central Intelligence|last2=Office|first2=Government Publications|date=2016-08-18|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=9780160933271|language=en}}</ref>\n*Earliest day on which [[Farmers' Day]] can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August. ([[Zambia]])\n*Earliest day on which [[International Beer Day]] can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Friday of August.\n*Earliest day on which [[Friendship Day]] can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday of August. ([[United States]])\n*Earliest day on which [[Kadooment Day]] can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August ([[Barbados]])\n*Earliest day on which [[Labor Day (Samoa)]] can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August ([[Samoa]])\n*[[Minden Day]] ([[United Kingdom]])\n*[[National Day (Benin)|National Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Benin]] from France in 1960.\n*[[Swiss National Day|National Day]], commemorates Switzerland becoming a single unit in 1291.\n*[[Official Birthday and Coronation Day of the King of Tonga]] ([[Tonga]])\n*[[Public holidays in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Parents' Day]] ([[Democratic Republic of the Congo]])\n*[[Statehood Day (Colorado)]]\n*[[Swiss National Day]] ([[Switzerland]])\n*The beginning of [[autumn]] observances in the Northern hemisphere and [[Spring (season)|spring]] observances in the Southern hemisphere ([[Wheel of the Year|Neopagan Wheel of the Year]]):\n**[[Lughnasadh]] in the Northern hemisphere, [[Imbolc]] in the Southern hemisphere; traditionally begins on the eve of August 1. ([[Gaels]], [[Ireland]], [[Scotland]], [[Neopagans]])\n**[[Lammas]] ([[England]], [[Scotland]], [[Neopagans]])\n**[[Pachamama Raymi]] ([[Quechuan]] in [[Ecuador]] and [[Peru]])\n*The first day of [[Carnaval del Pueblo]] ([[Burgess Park]], [[London]], England)\n*[[Victory Day]] ([[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]])\n*[[World Scout Scarf Day]]\n*[[Yorkshire Day]] ([[Yorkshire]], [[England]])\n\n== References ==\n{{Reflist}}\n\n==External links==\n{{commons}}\n* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/1 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}\n* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=01}}\n* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/1 |title=Historical Events on August 1 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}\n\n{{months}}\n\n{{DEFAULTSORT:August 1}}\n[[Category:Days of the year]]\n[[Category:August]]"
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