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

  • 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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