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
902 –
Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid army.
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.
1801 –
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.
1842 –
The Lombard Street Riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US.
1876 –
Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
1960 –
Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
1974 –
Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the “Green Line”, dividing Cyprus into two zones.
1980 –
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the country’s first democratically elected female head of state
1981 –
MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles.
1993 –
The Great Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
Who were born on August 1?
1843 –
Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln; 35th United States Secretary of War (d. 1926)
1907 –
Eric Shipton, British mountaineer (d. 1977)
1933 –
Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player
1954 –
Benno Möhlmann, German footballer
1962 –
Jacob Matlala, South African boxer
1968 –
Dan Donegan, American musician (Disturbed)
1973 –
Eduardo Noriega, Spanish actor
1977 –
Damien Saez, French musician, songwriter, and author
1978 –
Dhani Harrison, English musician
1993 –
Leon Thomas III, American actor
Who died on August 1?
1137 –
King Louis VI of France (b. 1081)
1464 –
Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)
1714 –
Queen Anne of Great Britain (b. 1665)
1807 –
John Walker, British lexicographer (b. 1732)
1944 –
Manuel L. Quezon, First President of the Philippine Commonwealth (b. 1878)
1980 –
Patrick Depailler, French Formula 1 driver (b. 1944)
2001 –
Korey Stringer, American football player (b. 1974)
2005 –
Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1920)
2006 –
Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (b. 1924)
2010 –
Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican nationalist (b. 1919)
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