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August 1, 2005 King Fahd of Saudi Arabia dies and is succeeded by Prince Abdullah August 1, 2004 Paraguay supermarket fire kills at least 300 August 1, 1998 Gay and Lesbian Games #5 open in Amsterdam August 1, 1996 M2, MTV's second TV channel is launched August 1, 1995 Westinghouse purchases CBS-TV network August 1, 1994 99.9 degrees F (37.7 degrees C) in Berlin-Dahlem: record August 1, 1994 The Rolling Stones begin Voodoo Lounge world tour August 1, 1994 Train crash in Havana Cuba, 6 killed August 1, 1993 "In the Summer House" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 25 performances August 1, 1993 "She Loves Me" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 61 performances August 1, 1993 Missie Berteott wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship August 1, 1993 Reggie Jackson enshrined in Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York August 1, 1993 Walter Koenig, Checkov of Star Trek, suffers a heart attack August 1, 1992 "Salome" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 9 performances August 1, 1992 NBC's "Saturday Today" premieres August 1, 1992 USA/U.S.S.R. Around World Air Race begins at Santa Monica August 1, 1991 Actress Hedy Lamarr, 77, arrested for shoplifting in Florida August 1, 1991 Italian/Argentine Soccer star Diego Maradona retires August 1, 1990 "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 149 performances August 1, 1990 Indians' Alex Cole sets club record with 5 stolen bases in one game August 1, 1990 Iraq pulls out of talks with Kuwait August 1, 1990 Soyuz TM-10 launches August 1, 1990 Stanton Cook becomes CEO of Chicago Cubs August 1, 1989 Australia take 3-0 series lead over England to regain Cricket Ashes August 1, 1988 Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon August 1, 1987 Bananarama's Siobhan Fahey marries Eurythmics Dave Stewart August 1, 1987 Crossbow flight record (2,005 yds 1'9") set by Harry Drake in Nevada August 1, 1987 Mike Tyson beat Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title August 1, 1987 Nurse Mary R. Stout chosen chairperson of Vietnam Veterans of America August 1, 1986 Bert Blyleven becomes 10th pitcher to strike out 3,000 August 1, 1986 Cleveland sets AL attendance record for twi-night doubleheader, 65,934 August 1, 1986 Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia release from hospital after 3 week coma August 1, 1986 Tennis ace John McEnroe marries actress Tatum O'Neal August 1, 1985 15.4 cm rainfall at Cheyenne, Wyoming (state record) August 1, 1985 Emmy 12th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 6th time August 1, 1985 Vince Coleman steals 2 bases in 1st inning, for NL rookie record 74 August 1, 1983 New Zealand score their 1st Test Cricket match victory in England August 1, 1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic August 1, 1982 Greg Louganis, U.S. becomes 1st diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dives August 1, 1982 Heavy Israeli air bombardment on Beirut August 1, 1982 Petra Schneider swims world record 400m medley (4:36.10) August 1, 1981 MTV premieres at 12:01 AM August 1, 1981 Poland premier Jagielski resigns August 1, 1980 Gerd Wessig of East Germany set high jump record August 1, 1980 Waldemar Cierpinski wins 19th olympics marathon (2:11:03 August 1, 1979 Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo forms government in Portugal August 1, 1978 Braves stop Reds Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games August 1, 1978 Commandos occupy Iraqi embassy in Paris, 1 dead August 1, 1978 Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL) August 1, 1977 San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer August 1, 1976 21st Olympic games close at Montreal Canada August 1, 1976 Flash flood in Big Thompson Canyon Colorado on Route 34, kills 139 August 1, 1976 Liz Taylor's 6th divorce (re-divorces Richard Burton) August 1, 1976 Seattle Seahawks play 1st (preseason) game (SF 27, Seattle 20) August 1, 1975 38 government leaders signs Helsinki accord August 1, 1975 41st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Pittsburgh 21, All-Stars 14 (54,103) August 1, 1975 Billy Martin replaces Bill Virdon as manager of New York Yankees August 1, 1975 Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries, rights signed by 35 nations August 1, 1974 Virginia Squires trade Julius "Dr. J" Erving to New York Nets August 1, 1973 H. J. Witteveen appointed as director of IMF August 1, 1973 Munson and Fisk get into a brawl at Fenway Park August 1, 1972 1st article exposing Wategate scandal (Bernstein-Woodward) August 1, 1972 Nate Colbert of San Diego Padres hits record tying 5 home runs in a double header August 1, 1971 Bangladesh refugee concert with George Harrison August 1, 1971 CBS presents Masterpiece Theatre's 6 Wives of Henry VIII August 1, 1971 George Harrison's concert for Bangladesh takes place in New York City August 1, 1971 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational August 1, 1970 EAA Convention moves from Rockford Illinois to Oshkosh, Wi August 1, 1970 KTSD TV channel 10 in Pierre, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting August 1, 1970 Willie Stargell (Pirates) ties record of 5 extra base hits in a game August 1, 1969 110,000 attend Atlantic City Pop Festival August 1, 1969 36th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: New York Jets 26, All-Stars 24 (74,208) August 1, 1969 Mariner 6 sends close-up photo's of Mars August 1, 1968 Canada begins replacing silver with nickel in coins August 1, 1968 Cleveland Metroparks begins operating Zoo August 1, 1968 WXIX TV channel 19 in Cincinnati-Newport, OH (IND) begins broadcasting August 1, 1967 Izaak Samkalden becomes mayor of Amsterdam August 1, 1967 WBRA TV channel 15 in Roanoke, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting August 1, 1966 Charles Whitman climbs University of Texas tower and shoots 12 dead August 1, 1966 Former marine Charles Whitman kills 13 and wounds 31 at University of Texas August 1, 1965 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open August 1, 1964 ALM (Antillian Airlines) begins operation August 1, 1964 Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks August 1, 1963 Beatles Book is sold out on its 1st day of sale August 1, 1963 Germany FR annexes Elten village August 1, 1963 WQAD TV channel 8 in Moline, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting August 1, 1962 Boston Red Sox Bill Monboquette no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0 August 1, 1962 Failed assassination on president Nkrumah of Ghana August 1, 1961 Benaud rips through England team for Aussie win at Old Trafford August 1, 1961 German DR limits traffic to West Berlin August 1, 1961 New San Francisco Hall of Justice opens August 1, 1961 Whitney Young, Jr. named executive director of National Urban League August 1, 1960 Aretha Franklins 1st recording session August 1, 1960 Benin (Dahomey) gains independence from France August 1, 1960 Chubby Checker releases "The Twist" August 1, 1959 New Continental baseball league formed August 1, 1959 Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Sacerdotii nostri primordia August 1, 1959 WAAY TV channel 31 in Huntsville, AL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting August 1, 1958 1st class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years) August 1, 1958 U.S. atomic sub USS Nautilus 1st dives under North Pole August 1, 1957 1st coml building heated by Sun (Albuquerque NM) August 1, 1957 Gil Hodges hits his NL record 13th career grand slam (Last by Bkln) August 1, 1957 Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 m (445'10") August 1, 1957 U.S. and Canada create NORAD August 1, 1956 KRCR TV channel 7 in Redding-Chico, California (ABC) begins broadcasting August 1, 1955 1st microgravity research begins August 1, 1955 Tengku Abdul Rahman forms Malacca government August 1, 1955 WILL TV channel 12 in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (PBS) begins broadcasting August 1, 1954 Louison Bobet wins his 2nd Tour de France August 1, 1954 WKBT TV channel 8 in La Crosse, Wisconsin (CBS) begins broadcasting August 1, 1953 California introduces sales tax, for education August 1, 1953 Fidel Castro arrested in Cuba August 1, 1953 KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, Missouri (MET/ABC) begins broadcasting August 1, 1953 KOBI TV channel 5 in Medford, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting August 1, 1953 Northern Rhodesia becomes part of Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland August 1, 1953 Red Sox Ben Flowers sets then record of 8 consecutive games in relief August 1, 1951 David Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election August 1, 1950 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons) August 1, 1950 American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule August 1, 1950 Guam adopts constitution (Organic Act) August 1, 1950 King Leopold of Belgium abdicates, Baudouin becomes King August 1, 1947 "Medium and The Telephone" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 211 performances August 1, 1947 Valleivogels soccer team forms in Scherpenzeel August 1, 1946 President Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) August 1, 1945 Japanese city Toyama destroyed by B-29's August 1, 1945 Mel Ott is 1st in NL to hit 500th HR (joins Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx) August 1, 1945 SVBO soccer team forms in Barger-Oosterveld August 1, 1944 Adam Clayton Powell elected 1st black congressman from East August 1, 1944 Anne Frank's last diary entry; 3 days later she is arrested August 1, 1944 General Montgomery takes command of 12th and 21st army August 1, 1944 U.S. 90th division occupies St. Hilaire-du-Harcourt August 1, 1944 U.S. troops enter Tessy-sur-Vir August 1, 1944 Uprising in Warsaw ghetto August 1, 1943 Japan declares Burma Independence under U Ba Maw August 1, 1943 Race riot in Harlem New York City August 1, 1943 Sunderland seaplanes sink U-454 and U-383 August 1, 1942 Deurne soccer team forms August 1, 1942 German occupier demands listing of all Dutch telephone subscribers August 1, 1942 Race riots in Harlem, New York August 1, 1941 Luftwaffe bombs German 23rd division August 1, 1941 New York Yankee Lefty Gomez walks most (11) in a shutout (Yanks 9, St. L 0) August 1, 1936 Adolph Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin August 1, 1936 Benjamin E. Mays named president of Morehouse College August 1, 1933 Carl Hubbell sets record of consecutive scoreless innings (45 1/3) August 1, 1933 Death penality for anti fascists in Germany August 1, 1933 Dutch colonial regime in Batavia arrest ir Sukarno August 1, 1928 Babe Ruth hits HR # 42 and is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace August 1, 1927 Earliest date for a film to be considered for the Academy Awards August 1, 1926 Battles between Druzen and French in Damascus August 1, 1926 Failed assassination on Gen Primo de Rivera in Barcelona August 1, 1925 Shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk and Netherland East-Indies August 1, 1922 Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard August 1, 1920 Papendrecht soccer team forms August 1, 1920 Peace of Riga-Independence of Latvia August 1, 1919 Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam August 1, 1919 Treffers soccer team forms in Groesbeek August 1, 1918 British troops enter Vladivostok August 1, 1918 Pittsburgh Pirates beat Boston Braves, 2-0, in 21 innings August 1, 1916 Hawaii National Park forms August 1, 1914 British fleet reaches Scapa Flow August 1, 1914 Emperor Wilhelm II declares war on his nephew tsar Nicolas II (WW I) August 1, 1914 France and Germany mobilize August 1, 1914 Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg Germany declares war on Russia in WW I August 1, 1911 Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point August 1, 1909 British SS Waratah disappears on Sydney to London, 300 killed August 1, 1907 Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street, SF August 1, 1907 Signal Corps of U.S. Army starts aircraft division August 1, 1906 Bkln Dodger Harry McIntire no-hits Pitts for 10 2/3 loses in 13th August 1, 1903 1st coast-to-coast automobile trip (SF-NY) completed August 1, 1902 Building begins on Dutch public housing August 1, 1902 Mine accident in Wollongong, Australia, 100 die August 1, 1901 Burial within San Francisco City limits prohibited August 1, 1896 George Samuelson completes rowing Atlantic (New York to England) August 1, 1893 Henry Perky and William Ford patent shredded wheat August 1, 1890 Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Lundi August 1, 1886 Great Britain annexes Kermadec-Island near New Zealand August 1, 1883 A papyrus offered to British Museum for 10,000 pounds, forgery August 1, 1883 Amsterdam's Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky gets electric lights August 1, 1883 Inland postal service begins in Great Britain August 1, 1881 U.S. Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, San Francisco Bay August 1, 1876 Colorado becomes 38th state August 1, 1873 San Francisco's 1st cable car begins service August 1, 1869 1st voyage down Colorado River August 1, 1867 Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South August 1, 1864 Battle of Petersburg, Virginia August 1, 1863 Battle of Little Rock AK and Start of Chattanooga campaign August 1, 1863 Cavalry action near Brandy Station-End of Gettysburg Campaign August 1, 1861 Brazil recognizes Confederacy August 1, 1855 Castle Clinton in New York City opens as 1st U.S. receiving station for immigrants August 1, 1852 San Francisco Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist August 1, 1842 Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens August 1, 1838 Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas August 1, 1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin returns to Bahia Brazil August 1, 1834 Slavery abolished through out the British Empire August 1, 1831 London Bridge opens to traffic August 1, 1814 Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat August 1, 1812 Rare tornado hits Westchester County, New York August 1, 1798 Battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet August 1, 1794 Whiskey Rebellion begins August 1, 1793 France becomes 1st country to use the metric system August 1, 1790 1st U.S. census, population of 3,939,214 August 1, 1789 U.S. Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act August 1, 1785 Caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet August 1, 1781 English army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia August 1, 1780 Sweden declares neutrality August 1, 1774 Priestly discovers oxygen August 1, 1759 Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France August 1, 1732 Foundation laid for Bank of England August 1, 1716 1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea) August 1, 1716 Waterman's race on Thames 1st rowed August 1, 1714 Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes king George I of England August 1, 1711 Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov August 1, 1690 Battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye August 1, 1664 Battle at St. Gotthard: Earl Raimondo Montecucculi beats Ahmed Koprulu August 1, 1628 Emperor Ferdinand II demands Austria Protestant convert to Catholicism August 1, 1626 Earl Earnest Casimir conquerors Oldenzaal August 1, 1619 1st black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia August 1, 1589 Murder attempt by monk Jacques Clement on French King Hendrik III August 1, 1588 English Admiral Howard van Effingham beats Spanish Armada August 1, 1498 Christopher Columbus lands on "Isla Santa" (Venezuela) August 1, 1485 Henry (VII) Tudors army sails to England August 1, 1404 Earl Engelbert I of Nassau marries Johanna of Poland August 1, 1291 Everlasting League forms, basis of Swiss Confederation (Independence) August 1, 1203 Alexius IV Angelus appointed co-regent of Byzantium August 1, 1177 Peace Treaty of Venice: Emperor Frederik I and Pope Alexander III August 1, 1086 English barons become submissive to king Willem the Occupier August 1, 1021 Synod of Pavia: emperor Henry II convicts married priest August 1, 902 Aghlabidisch emir Ibrahim II destroys Taormina, Sicily August 1, 860 Peace of Koblenz: Charles the Bare, Louis the German and Lotharius II |