What happened this day in history August 1

What are the important events that happened on August 1? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

August 1: Facts & Myths About This Day

August 1 is the 214th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 152 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 19, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,707,840 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectadecatetragon’ day.

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 181 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,241 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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August 1 Historical Events

  • 1498
    Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
  • 1800
    The Act 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.
  • 1834
    Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force.
  • 1855
    The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
  • 1927
    The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Communist Party of China. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army.
  • 1937
    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.
  • 1964
    The Belgian Congo is renamed the Republic of the Congo.
  • 1966
    Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official People’s Republic of China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
  • 1968
    The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
  • 1984
    Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, North West England.

Who were born on August 1?

  • 1545
    Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)
  • 1843
    Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln; 35th United States Secretary of War (d. 1926)
  • 1891
    Karl Kobelt, Swiss politician (d. 1968)
  • 1933
    Jesse Corti, Venezuelan-born actor and comedian
  • 1936
    Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (d. 2008)
  • 1955
    Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer (d. 2006)
  • 1962
    Jacob Matlala, South African boxer
  • 1973
    Edurne Pasaban, Spanish mountaineer
  • 1986
    Andrew Taylor, English footballer
  • 1986
    Lucas Simón, Argentine footballer

Who died on August 1?

  • 1137
    King Louis VI of France (b. 1081)
  • 1457
    Lorenzo Valla, Italian humanist (b. c.1406)
  • 1787
    Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Italian founder of the Redemptionist order (b. 1696)
  • 1922
    Donát Bánki, Hungarian mechanical engineer (b. 1856)
  • 1929
    Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
  • 1973
    Walter Ulbricht, German communist statesman (b. 1893)
  • 1981
    Paddy Chayefsky, American writer (b. 1923)
  • 2005
    Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1920)
  • 2009
    Corazon Aquino, Former President of the Philippines (b. 1933)
  • 2010
    Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby and cricket international player and referee/umpire (b. 1910)

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