What Happened On August 1

What Happened On Aug 1 Events

1768 Aug 1 Boston Non-Importation Agreement
Colonial resistance to British control took many forms, perhaps the most effective was the general success of the non-importation agreements. Such agreements appeared as early as 1766. Th...
1780 Aug 1 Battle Of Rocky Mount
The Battle of Rocky Mount took place on August 1, 1780 as part of the American War of Independence. Loyalists commanded by Lieutenant Colonel George Turnbull occupying an outpost in north...
1798 Aug 1
to 1798 Aug 3
 Battle of the Nile
The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay, or in French as the Bataille d'Aboukir) was a major naval battle fought between British and French fleets at Aboukir Bay o...
1864 Aug 1 Battle of Folck's Mill - Confederates Attempt to Disrupt B&O Railroad
Description: After burning Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on July 30, Johnson’s and McCausland’s cavalry brigades rode towards Cumberland, Maryland, to disrupt the B&O Railroad. Brig. Gen. B...
1876 Aug 1 Colorado is the 38th State Admitted to the Union
After its first bid for statehood was vetoed by President Andrew Johnson, Colorado entered the Union on August 1, 1876, the year the United States celebrated its centennial. Thus, the thi...
1898 Aug 1
to 1898 Aug 5
 Battle of Fajardo
On August 1, the USS Puritan under the command of Captain Frederic W. Rodgers, was sailing by the coastline of the city of Fajardo, when Rogers noticed the "Faro de Las Cabezas de San Jua...
1914 Aug 1 Germany Declares War on Russia
Presented by the German Ambassador to St. Petersburg The Imperial German Government have used every effort since the beginning of the crisis to bring about a peaceful settlement. In co...
1914 Aug 1 "The Property Man" (film) is Released
The Property Man is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin. Charlie has trouble with actors' luggage and conflicts over who gets the star'...
1915 Aug 1
to 1915 Dec 31
 German Destruction of Factories in Canada and the United States Begins
Germany had mobilized an immense army of spies, dynamiters, assassins and conspirators in the United States at the outbreak of War in Europe. These assassins hesitated at no crime that mi...
1936 Aug 1
to 1936 Aug 16
 Games of the XI Olympiad Held in Berlin, Germany
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Ga...
1944 Aug 1
5:00PM
 W-hour Marks Beginning of the Warsaw Uprising
After days of hesitation, at 17:00 on 31 July, the Polish headquarters scheduled "W-hour" (from the Polish wybuch, "explosion"; also wolność, freedom), the moment of the start of the upri...
1949 Aug 1 Ronald Reagan Appears in "It's a Great Feeling"
It's a Great Feeling (1949) is a Warner Bros. feature film starring Doris Day, Jack Carson, and Dennis Morgan in a spoof of what goes on behind-the-scenes in Hollywood movie-making. The s...
1950 Aug 1 Ronald Reagan Appears as Harold 'Hal' Norton in "Louisa"
Louisa is a 1950 comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Ronald Reagan and Spring Byington in the title role. This film was Piper Larie's film debut. Plot Synopsis Grand...
1954 Aug 1 "Rear Window" Is Released
Rear Window is a 1954 suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder", and starring James Stew...
1960 Aug 1 Aretha Franklin Records Four Demos in NYC
August 1, 1960: Aretha Franklin records four demos in New York City, which lead to a contract with Columbia Records.
1971 Aug 1 Red River Delta Flood of 1971
A severe flood of the Red River in North Vietnam kills an estimated 100,000 people on this day in 1971. This remarkable flood was one of the century’s most serious weather events, but bec...
1982 Aug 1 Aerosmith releases Rock in a Hard Place
Rock in a Hard Place is the seventh studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith and was released in 1982. This is the only Aerosmith album to not feature Joe Perry. Perry had left i...
1988 Aug 1 Coroner release Punishment for Decadence
Punishment for Decadence is the second album by the Swiss thrash metal group Coroner. It bears many similarities to the previous album, except the band's performance is more precise and f...
1988 Aug 1 Soundgarden release Fopp
Fopp is the second EP by the American grunge band Soundgarden, released in August 1988 through Sub Pop Records. Fopp was later combined with the band's first EP, Screaming Life (1987), an...
1990 Aug 1 Total Recall Video Game Released for the NES
Total Recall is an action platformer that loosely follows the events in the movie. You're Douglas Quaid, a man on the run from mysterious people who are trying to kill him (including his ...
1992 Aug 1 MST3K Ep. 408 - "Hercules Unchained"
Queen Lidia casts a spell of amnesia on Hercules, who becomes a prisoner in her harem.
1995 Aug 1 Larry met Sergey
Larry Page and Sergey Brin meet at Stanford.
1999 Aug 1 MST3K Ep. 1012 - "Squirm"
(Short: A Case of Spring Fever) Electrically supercharged worms attack the residents of remote Fly Creek, Georgia. Catch Phrase: "Mr. Beardsley?" The short, a fan favorite, follows a hapl...
2001 Aug 1 South Park Episode 507 - "Proper Condom Use"
Thanks to Stan's "handy" work, the children of South Park must endure sex education from the unlikely duo of Mr. Mackey and Ms. Choksondik. While the two adults take their lessons to hear...
2004 Aug 1 Entourage Season 1 Episode 3: Talk Show
After meeting Jimmy Kimmel at a boxing after-party in L.A., Vince agrees to appear on his show--despite a long-standing rift between Kimmel and Drama. Eric and Kristen share a long good-b...
2004 Aug 1 Minnesota Twins defeat Boston Red Sox, 4-3
MINNEAPOLIS -- The idea was to upgrade the team's woeful defense. So the last thing the Red Sox needed the day after they traded away franchise shortstop Nomar Garciaparra was to endure t...
2004 Aug 1 Ycuá Bolaños Supermarket Fire
Paraguayan churches have swung into action to assist families of those who were killed in the blaze that swept through a shopping center in Paraguay Sunday leaving 464 dead, 130 still mis...
2005 Aug 1 Ford Fusion is First Produced
The Ford Fusion (code name CD338) is a mid-size car produced by the Ford Motor Company since the 2006 model year. The Fusion is manufactured at Ford's Hermosillo Stamping & Assembly plant...
2006 Aug 1 Cleveland Indians defeat Boston Red Sox, 6-3
So if Rudy Seanez never threw over, and none of the Red Sox infielders bothered to pay any attention, do you credit the black bird with a steal in the top of the ninth or do you call it d...
2006 Aug 1 "The Fifth Element" Rifftrax is Released
Long before the exceedingly boxy, strange-looking car, there was another Element: The Fifth Element, a clown-headed young woman in orange rubber lederhosen who held the key to saving e...
2007 Aug 1 Benaleka Train Crash
At least 100 people have died following the derailment of a goods train near Benaleka, 140 miles northwest of Kananga, Congo, a further 200 have been injured. SNCC (Societe Nationale d...
2007 Aug 1 Boston Red Sox defeat Baltimore Orioles, 5-4
Jonathan Papelbon wasn't looking over his shoulder in the ninth inning last night, even as No. 83 in your program, Eric Gagne, began throwing in the Red Sox bullpen. Papelbon, the once...
2007 Aug 1 I-35W Mississippi River Bridge Collapse
About 6:05 p.m. central daylight time on Wednesday, August 1, 2007, the eight-lane, 1,907-foot-long I‑35W highway bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, experienced ...
2008 Aug 1 Baltimore Orioles defeat Seattle Mariners, 10-5
SEATTLE - The Orioles' best inning in more than two years started rather innocently, with Nick Markakis hitting a single to right field that just got past diving Seattle Mariners first ba...
2008 Aug 1 Boston Red Sox defeat Oakland Athletics, 2-1
BOSTON—Jason Bay made a smashing debut with Boston by tripling and scoring the winning run in the 12th inning Friday night as the Red Sox began the post-Manny Ramirez era with a 2-1 win o...
2008 Aug 1 Darrell McGraw draws criticism, investigation for use of outside counsel
New York's Eliot Spitzer made may have made the practice fashionable, but West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has a lengthy and enduring pattern of hiring outside counsel and ap...
2008 Aug 1 George Tupou V is Crowned as the New King of Tonga
George Tupou V (Tongan: Siaosi Tupou V, full name: Siaosi Tāufaʻāhau Manumataongo Tukuʻaho Tupou V), (born 4 May 1948) is the current King of Tonga.
2008 Aug 1
to 2008 Aug 3
 Lollapalooza 2008
Lollapalooza’s Austin, Texas-based promoters C3 Presents are not scheduled to make their official announcement of the acts performing at this year’s weekend-long music festival in Grant P...
2008 Aug 1 "Musical Scrapbook" Airs
Ever wondered how the Jonas Brother's write their songs? Well take inside their musical scrapbook as the boys show you how they write their very own songs.
2009 Aug 1 Boston Red Sox defeat Baltimore Orioles, 4-0
BALTIMORE - After the tumult of the previous two days, maybe the Red Sox deserved a measure of certainty. Timing was on their side last night. Baseball, by its nature, may offer no sure t...
2009 Aug 1 Chicago White Sox defeat New York Yankees, 14-4
CHICAGO - Ugly. Frustrating. Unacceptable. Any one of these words accurately describes the past two days for the Yankees, who have gone from best team in baseball to the Bad News Bears in...
2009 Aug 1 Los Angeles Angels defeat Minnesota Twins, 11-6
On Aug. 1, 2004, Orlando Cabrera arrived at the Metrodome after getting traded from Montreal to Boston and homered in his first at-bat against Johan Santana. Cabrera couldn't have aske...
2009 Aug 1 New York Mets defeat Arizona Diamondbacks, 9-6
Angel Pagan basked in the glory of his first career grand slam Saturday night, celebrating the eighth-inning blast with a fist pump as he rounded first base and then taking just the secon...
2009 Aug 1 Representative Lloyd Doggett Mobbed by Anti-Health Care Reform Protesters in Austin
In Austin on Saturday, a throng of protesters enveloped Representative Lloyd Doggett, Democrat of Texas, at a supermarket where he was trying to meet constituents. They carried signs that...
2009 Aug 1 San Diego Padres defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 4-2
SAN DIEGO (AP) Clayton Richard was impressive in his first start for San Diego, but it took a mistake by Ryan Braun to give the Padres a win. Richard made a solid impression in his fir...
2009 Aug 1 St. Louis Cardinals defeat Houston Astros, 3-1
The wheels haven't necessarily come off for the Houston Astros, but the lug nuts are loose. After completing a three-game sweep of the Cardinals some 10 days ago in Houston, the Astros...
2009 Aug 1 Storm Crushes Main Stage at Big Valley Jamboree Music Festival
Nashville musician Billy Currington had been performing before the structure collapsed. A member of his band was pulled from the wreckage with a badly injured and bloodied arm. Mari...
2009 Aug 1 Warped Tour 2009 - Chicago
Warped Tour 2009 is the 15th installment of the annual Summer Warped Tour festival. Vans Shoes is again the tour's primary sponsor. Tour founder/organizer Kevin Lyman announced that this ...
2010 Aug 1 Arizona Diamondbacks defeat New York Mets, 14-1
The Mets' Hall of Fame induction ceremonies Sunday evoked a warm 1980s feel at Citi Field, from fuzzy remembrances of the '86 World Series champs to the highlight clips of a chiseled Darr...
2010 Aug 1 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 4-3
Clay Buchholz acknowledged that around this time last year, as trade rumors swirled and each day he seemed destined for a new team, the talk crept into his mind. But Buchholz stayed in...