Event:
A poll by the British Film Institute's 'Sight and Sound' magazine lists Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 thriller 'Vertigo' as the greatest film of all time
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
