Event:
Apple Inc. will be required to pay $450 million in settlements if found guilty of antitrust violations concerning e-book price fixing; the outcome of an appeal by Apple is pending
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