Event:
New York Yankee Lefty Gomez walks most (11) in a shutout (Yankees 9, St. L 0)
More Notable Events on August 1:
1995 Westinghouse purchases CBS-TV network
1957 U.S. and Canada create NORAD
1916 Hawaii National Park forms
1834 Slavery abolished through out the British Empire
1831 London Bridge opens to traffic
