Birthdates Which Occur on August 1:
10 -BC- Claudius 4th Roman emperor (41-54 AD)
126 Publius Helvius Pertinax Roman emperor (193 AD)
848 Frantisek Kmoch composer
1322 Peter van Herenthals South Netherlands theologist/church historian
1495 Jan van Scorel Dutch painter/architect
1520 Sigismund II Augustus King of Poland (1548-72)
1642 Ahmed II 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) [or Feb 25, 1643]
1659 Antoine Mouque composer
1685 Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni composer
1686 Benedetto Marcello Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare)
1714 Richard Wilson Welsh landscape painter
1744 Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck French zoologist
1753 Charles 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist
1755 Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi composer
1766 Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner pianist/composer
and Jeffrey Wyatville architect
1770 William Clark Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
1779 Francis Scott Key composer (Star-Spangled Banner)
1786 Louis C Luzac judge/Dutch Internal minister
1814 Maxcy Gregg Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1815 Richard Henry Dana novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast
1818 Maria Mitchell 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island
1819 Herman Melville US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)
1824 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam composer
1840 Aldine Sillman Kieffer composer
1843 Robert Todd Lincoln Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926
1847 Guido Papini violinist/composer
1858 Hans Rott composer
and Paul Barth German philosopher/sociologist
1862 Montague Rhodes James scholar/author/editor
1863 Gaston Doumergue premier/pres of France (1913..34)
1867 William Orlamond Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind)
1871 Oskar Fried composer
1877 Charlotte Hughes 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain)
and Jan van den Tempel Dutch 2nd Chamber Member (SDAP)
1881 Emilie Rose Macaulay English writer
1882 Vaclav Klicka composer
1886 Isaac Keesing Dutch publisher/founder (System Keesing)
1888 Vito Frazzi composer
1889 John F Mahoney developed pencillin treatment of syphillis
1890 George II king of Greece
1892 Constantly Burniaux Belg, art historian (Temps Inquiets)
1895 Benjamin E Mays SC, black educator (Morehouse, Howard University)
1898 Morris Stoloff Phila, violinist (Picnic, Pal Joey)
1899 William Steinberg Cologne, conductor (Boston Symph-1969-71)
19-- Alicyn Sterling XXX actress (Black Pepper, Angels)
and Carolyn Ann Clarke actress (Guiding Light)
and Paul Lambert El Paso Tx, actor (Tom-Executive Suite)
and Steve Austin XXX actor
1901 Gerard Blitz Belgian swimmer/founder (Club M‚diterran‚e)
1902 Hendrik J Kruls Neth, general/chief military authority (1944-46)
and Henry Curls general/chief military authority (1944-46)
1906 William Hayter diplomat
1908 Miloslav Kabelac composer
1909 Nigel Henderson admiral
1911 Ronald MacDonald British major-general
1912 Henry Jones Phila Pa, actor (Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Gun Shy)
1913 Jerome Moross Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny)
1914 Jack Delano composer
1916 Viscount Hanworth barrister
1917 Benjamin Roberts British industrial relations expert
1918 Wyndraeth Morris-Jones British political scientist
1919 Stanley Middleton novelist
1920 Jeffrey Segal actor (Traitors)/playwright
and Maria Cole Boston MA
and Sammy Lee Fresno Calif, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)
1921 Jack Kramer Las Vegas, tennis star (Wimbeldon 1947, US Open-1946)
1922 Arthur Hill Saskatchewan Canada, actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter)
and Frank Hauser British theatrical director
1923 Gwyn Ward Thomas British TV director
and Yoshinao Nakada composer
1926 Karl Kohn composer
1927 Andr‚ Cools Belgium, minister of Budget/vice-premier
1930 Geoffrey Holder Trinidad, dancer/actor (Annie, The Wiz)
and Julie Bovasso Brooklyn NY, actress (Willie & Phil, Just Me & You)
and Lionel Bart [Begleiter], English composer (Oliver!)
1931 Bart Conner US, parallel bars gymnist (Olympic-gold-1984)
and Lucien E Blackwell (Rep-D-Pennsylvania)
and Monty Losowsky prof of medicine (St James University England)
and Ramblin' Jack Elliott rocker
and Sean O Riada composer
1933 Dom DeLuise Bkln NY, comedian, actor (End, Cannonball Run, Fatso)
and Erwin Nypels/Dutch economist/minister of Housing (D66)
and Richard Lloyd Jones secretary Welsh Office
1936 Larie Taylor sociologist/broadcaster
and Yves Saint-Laurent fashion designer (Opium, Obsession)
1937 Alfonse M D'Amato Brooklyn NY, (Sen-R-NY 1981- )
1939 Stephen Sykes Bishop of Ely
1940 Joan Joyce Waterbury Ct, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1983)
and Mervyn Kitchen cricket umpire
1941 Ron Brown actor (Charlie the Lonesome Cougar)
1942 Giancarlo Giannini Italy, actor (Seduction of Mimi)
and Jerry Garcia SF, rocker (Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band)
1943 Andy Roxburgh manager Scotland soccer team
and Dennis Paxton rocker (Dave Clark Five-Glad All Over)
1944 Elske Terveld Dutch undersecretary Social Affairs (PvdA)
and Yuri V Romanenko USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 26, 38, TM-2)
1946 Frederick C Boucher (Rep-D-Virginia, 1983- )
and J Guillermo ex-husband of princess Christina of Netherlands
and Richard O Covey Fayetteville Ar, USAF/astro (STS 51I, 26, 38, 61)
and Tom Loeffler (Rep-R-TX, 1979- )
1947 Rick Anderson rock bassist (Tubes)
and Ricky Coonce LA Calif, rock drummer (Grass Roots)
1948 Robert Spink British MP
1949 Primous III Fountain, composer
1950 Doug Tract [Greaseman], Bronx NY, radio DJ
1951 David Jasper British principal (St Chad's College Durham England)
and Robin Heifetz composer
1952 Brian Patrick Clarke Gettysburg Pa, actor (Merle-Eight is Enough)
1953 Robert Cray Columbus Ga, blues singer/songwriter (1987 Grammy)
1957 Glen Gorbous Canada, longest throw of a regulation baseball (445'10")
and Laura Johnson Burbank Calif, actress (Falcon Crest)
1958 Taylor Negron LA Calif, actor (Silvio-Detective School)
1959 Joe Elliot heavy metal vocalist (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages)
1960 Chuck D [Chuck Ridenhour], US rapper (Public Enemy)
and Marta Ch varri Figueroa Madrid Spain, The Marquesa de Cubas
1961 Danny Blind Dutch soccer star (Sparta/Ajax)
1962 Gertjan Verbeek soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
and Joetta Clark East Orange NJ, 800m runner (Olympic-1992)
1963 Koichi Wakata Omiya Saitama Japan, astronaut
1964 Nick Christian Sayer rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
and Rob Camilletti Cher's boyfriend
1967 Gregg Jefferies infielder (NY Mets, KC Royals)
1968 Stacey Augmon Pasadena Cal, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1988)
1972 Martin Damm Czech, tennis star
1973 Tempestt Bledsoe Chicago, actress (Vanessa-Cosby Show)
1976 Nwankwo Kanu soccer player (Ajax)
1978 Dhani Harrison George Harrison's 1st child
Deaths Which Occured August 1:
527 Justinus I Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies
1137 Louis VI King of France, dies (1108-37)
1190 Floris III Count of Holland, dies
1457 Laurentius Valla Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50
1589 Jacques Cl‚ment French monk (Henri III), dies
1628 Francesco Gonzaga composer, dies at 37
1667 Paul Foot lawyer/historian, dies at 48
1714 Anne Stuart queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49
1743 Richard Savage English poet/playwright, dies at about 46
1787 Alfonsus M de' Liguori Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90
1805 Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz composer, dies at 51
1813 Carl Stenborg composer, dies at 60
1821 Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson) actress/author, dies
1834 Robert Morrison missionary in China/translated bible, dies
1837 Walter Geikie painter, dies
1846 Peter Ritter composer, dies at 83
1857 Charles Turner engraver, dies
1882 Henry Clarence Kendall Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43
1883 Karl Wilhelm Dindorf classic scholar, dies
1902 Ludwig Beckmann painter, dies
1911 Konrad Duden German linguist (Das grosse Duden Lexicon), dies
1920 Bal Gangadhar Tilak British-Indian hindu leader, dies
1922 Vaclav Juda Novotny composer, dies at 72
1925 John Pieter Veth painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61
1926 Israel Zangwill British zionists writer (Ghetto tragedies), dies
1934 Piotr Maszynski composer, dies at 79
1943 Ismar Elbogen German/US learned/rabbi (Jewish Lexicon), dies at 68
1944 Manuel Luis Quez¢n y Molina pres of Philippines (1935-42), dies at 65
1946 Andrei Vlasov Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht) executed at 45
1957 Harvey Glatmin 1st bondage-photo victim, executed [or 8/18/59]
1962 Leon Kruczkowski Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62
1963 Theodore Roethke US poet (Praise to the end!), dies
1964 Johnny Burnette rocker, drowns at 30
1965 Kiyoshi Nobutoki composer, dies at 77
1966 Bud Powell US jazz pianist/composer, dies
1970 Frances Farmer actress (Toast of NY, Come & Get It), dies at 55
1973 Gian Francesco Malipiero composer, dies at 91
Walter Ulbricht pres German DR, dies at 80
1975 Howard Joslin actor (Quebec, Detective Story), dies at 68
1977 Francis Gary Powers US U-2 pilot, dies at 47
1979 Joseph Kot„lla German war criminal (4 of Breda), dies at 71
1980 Strother Martin actor (Slapshot), dies at 61
1981 Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi composer, dies at 49
1983 Peter Arne actor (Straw Dogs), bludgeoned to death in London at 62
1985 Joseph Walker cameraman, dies at 92
1986 Willem Klein variety artist, dies at about 73
1987 Benson Fong actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70
Pola Negri actress (Forbidden Paradise), dies at 92
1988 Florence Eldridge Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86
John Cardinal Dearden US cardinal, dies at 80
Trindad Silva actor (Hill St Blues), dies at 38 in an auto accident
1989 John Ogdon composer, dies at 52
1990 Norbert Elias German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies
1991 Stuart Wilson actor (Lethal Weapon 3), dies at 87
1992 Chico Alvarez trumpeteer (Stan Kenton Orch), dies at 72 of cancer
Kenny Sacha dies of AIDS at 39
Stanley Dudek US platform diver (watershows), dies
1993 Alfred Manessier Fr painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81
Anatoli Koretski Russian general-major, murdered
Ewing Kaufman founder/owner (KC Royals), dies of lung cancer at 76
Lea Verschuuren-Smulders author (Kleutertje Luister), dies at 72
Viktor Poljanitsjko governor of Kaukasus, murdered
1994 Gerard van de Groenekan furniture maker/designer, dies at 90
Holidays Which Occur August 1:
Benin/Dahomey Independence Day (1960)
Botswana August Holiday
China PR Army Day
Dominica Queen's Birthday
Ghana Homowo
Guyana Commonwealth Day
Iran 12th Imam's Birthday
Nicaragua Fiesta Day
Scotland Lammas Day, term day
Switzerland Anniv of Founding of Swiss Confederation (1291)
Trinidad & Tobago, St Lucia Emancipation Day/Caribbean Day
US Sports Day-good sportsmanship
World Breast Feeding Day (UNICEF/WHO)
Zaire Parents Day
Religious Observances on August 1:
Christian Feast of St Peter Julian Eymard
Christian Feast of St Pistics, Elpis & Agape (Faith Hope & Charity)
Christian Feast of St Alphonse Liguori
Christian Feast of St Almedha/Aled
Christian Feast of St Ethelwold of Winchester Holy Machabees
Old RC Feast of St Peter's Chains
RC Peter, apostle/1st pope/martyr of Rome
RC Sophia, martyr
RC St Bavo, patron saint of Gent/Haarlem
1787 RC Memorial of St Alphonsus Mary de Liguori, bishop/doctor
Things to Remember for August 1:
FLOWERS-gladiolus & poppy GEMS-sardonyx & peridot
Sandwich-National Catfish-Month
1 ?? [Hawaii] Aukake
213th day of year with 152 days left (Numerology = 9)
[Ancient Rome] Calendae Sextilis
[Ancient Rome] Festival of Mars
[Sweden] Per name day in Sweden
14 Days Dog Days
21 Days ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Leo
Highlights in History Which Occur August 1:
12 -BC- Lyon: altar given to Rome/emperor August
527 Justinianus I succeeds Justinus I as emperor of Byzantium
649 Pope Martinus I chosen successor of Theodorus I [or 8/7]
860 Peace of Koblenz: Charles the Bare, Louis the German & Lotharius II
902 Aghlabidisch emir Ibrahim II destroys Taormina, Sicily
1021 Synod of Pavia: emperor Henry II convicts married priest
1086 English barons become submissive to king Willem the Occupier
1177 Peace Treaty of Venice: Emperor Frederik I & Pope Alexander III
1203 Alexius IV Angelus appointed co-regent of Byzantium
1291 Everlasting League forms, basis of Swiss Confederation (Independence)
1404 Earl Engelbert I of Nassau marries Johanna of Poland
1485 Henry (VII) Tudors army sails to England
1498 Christopher Columbus lands on "Isla Santa" [vasteland America]
1588 English admiral Howard van Effingham beats Spanish Armada
1589 Murder attempt by monk Jacques Clement on French King Hendrik III
1619 1st black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia
1626 Earl Earnest Casimir conquerors Oldenzaal
1628 Emperor Ferdinand II demands Austria Protestant convert to Catholicism
1664 Battle at St Gotthard: Earl Raimondo Montecucculi beats Ahmed K”prl
1690 Battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye
1711 Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov
1714 Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes king George I of England
1716 1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea)
and Waterman's race on Thames 1st rowed
1732 Foundation laid for Bank of England
1759 Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France
1774 Priestly discovers oxygen
1780 Sweden declares neutrality
1781 English army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia
1785 Caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet
1789 US Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act
1790 1st US census (population of 3,939,214; 697,624 are slaves)
1794 Whiskey Rebellion begins
1812 Rare tornado hits Westchester County NY
1814 Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat
1831 London Bridge opens
1834 Slavery abolished in British empire
1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin returns to Bahia Brazil
1838 Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas
1842 Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens
1852 SF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist
1855 Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants
1861 Brazil recognizes Confederacy
1863 Battle of Little Rock AK & Start of Chattanooga campaign
and Cavalry action near Brandy Station-End of Gettysburg Campaign
1864 Battle of Petersburg, VA
1867 Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn)
1869 1st voyage down Colorado River
1873 SF's 1st cable car begins service
1876 Colorado becomes 38th state
1877 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #173 Ino
1881 US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay
1883 A papyrus offered to Brit Museum for œ10,000 (forgery)
and Amsterdam's Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky gets electric lights
and Inland postal service begins in Great Britain
1886 Great Britain annexes Kermadec-Island near New Zealand
1890 Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Lundi
1896 George Samuelson completes rowing Atlantic (NY to England)
1901 Burial within SF City limits prohibited
1902 Building begins on Dutch public housing
and Mine accident in Wollongong, Australia (100 die)
1903 1st coast-to-coast automobile trip (SF-NY) completed
1906 Bkln Dodger Harry McIntire no-hits Pitts for 10 2/3 loses in 13th
1907 Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street, SF
and Signal Corps of US army starts aircraft division
1909 British SS Waratah disappears on Sydney to London, 300 killed
1911 Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point
1914 British fleet reaches Scapa Flow
and Emperor Wilhelm II declares war on his nephew tsar Nicolas II (WW I)
and France & Germany mobilize
and Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg
Germany declares war on Russia in WW I
1916 Hawaii National Park forms
1917 Frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT
1918 British troops enter Vladivostok
and M Wolf discovers asteroid #896 Sphinx
and Pitts Pirates beat Boston Braves, 2-0, in 21 innings
1919 Queen Wilhelmina opens First Air Fair in Amsterdam
and Treffers soccer team forms in Groesbeek
1920 Papendrecht soccer team forms
and Peace of Riga-Independence of Latvia
1922 Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard
1925 Shortwave-radio link between Kootw˜k & Netherland East-Indies
1926 Battles between Druzen & French in Damascus
and Failed assassination on Gen Primo de Rivera in Barcelona
1929 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1186 Turnera
and E Skvortsov discovers asteroid #1149 Volga
1933 Death penality for anti fascists in Germany
and Dutch colonial regime in Batavia arrest ir Sukarno
and NRA (National Recovery Administration) forms
1936 Adolph Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
and Benjamin E Mays named president of Morehouse College
1937 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1432 Ethiopia
1941 Luftwaffe bombs German 23rd division
and NY Yankee Lefty Gomez walks must (11) in a shutout (Yanks 9, St L 0)
1942 Deurne soccer team forms
and German occupier demands listing of all Dutch telephone subscribers
and Race riots in Harlem, New York
1943 Japan declares Burma Independence under U Ba Maw
and Race riot in Harlem NYC
and Sunderland seaplanes sink U-454 & U-383
1944 Adam Clayton Powell elected 1st black congressman from East
and General Montgomery takes command of 12th & 21st army
and US 90th division occupies St Hilaire-du-Harcourt
and US troops enter Tessy-sur-Vir
and Uprising in Warsaw ghetto
and last entry made in Anne Frank's diary
1945 Japanese city Tojama destroyed by B-29's
and SVBO soccer team forms in Barger-Oosterveld
1946 Pres Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
1947 Valleivogels soccer team forms in Scherpenzeel
1950 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons)
and American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule
and Guam adopts constitution (Organic Act)
and King Leopold of Belgium abdicates, Baudouin becomes King
and Territory of Guam created
1951 David Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election
1953 Calif introduces sales tax (for education)
and Fidel Castro arrested in Cuba
and KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, MO (MET/ABC) begins broadcasting
and KOBI TV channel 5 in Medford, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting
and Northern Rhodesia becomes part of Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland
1954 Louison Bobet wins his 2nd Tour de France
and WKBT TV channel 8 in La Crosse, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 1st microgravity research begins
and Tengku Abdul Rahman forms Malacca govt
and WILL TV channel 12 in Urbana-Champaign, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 KRCR TV channel 7 in Redding-Chico, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 1st coml building heated by Sun (Albuquerque NM)
and Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 m (445'10")
1958 1st class postage up to 4› (had been 3› for 26 years)
and US atomic sub USS Nautilus 1st dives under North Pole
1959 New Continental baseball league formed
and Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Sacerdotii nostri primordia
and WAAY TV channel 31 in Huntsville, AL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1960 Benin (Dahomey) gains independence from France
and Chubby Checker releases "The Twist"
and Dahomey gains independence
1961 German DR limits traffic to West Berlin
and New SF Hall of Justice opens
and Whitney Young Jr named executive director of National Urban League
1962 Boston Red Sox Bill Monboquette no-hits Chic White Sox, 1-0
and Failed attack on president Nkrumah of Ghana
1963 Beatles Book is sold out on its 1st day of sale
and Germany FR annexes Elten village
and WQAD TV channel 8 in Moline, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 ALM (Antillian Airlines) begins operation
and Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
1966 Charles Whitman climbs U of Texas tower & shoots 12 dead
1967 Iza„k Samkalden becomes mayor of Amsterdam
and WBRA TV channel 15 in Roanoke, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 Canada begins replacing silver with nickel in coins
and Cleveland Metroparks begins operating Zoo
and WXIX TV channel 19 in Cincinnati-Newport, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
1969 110,000 attend Atlantic City Pop Festival
and Mariner 6 sends close-up photo's of Mars
1970 EAA Convention moves from Rockford Ill to Oshkosh, Wi
and KTSD TV channel 10 in Pierre, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
and Willie Stargell (Pirates) ties record of 5 extra base hits in a game
1971 Bangladesh refugee concert with George Harrison
and CBS presents Masterpiece Theatre's 6 Wives of Henry VIII
and George Harrison's concert for Bangladesh takes place in NYC
1972 1st article exposing Wategate scandal (Bernstein-Woodward)
and Nate Colbert of SD Padres hits record tying 5 HRs in a double header
1973 H J Witteveen appointed as director of IMF
and Munson & Fisk get into a brawl at Fenway Park
1974 Virginia Squires trade Julius "Dr J" Erving to NY Nets
1975 38 government leaders signs Helsinki accord
and Billy Martin replaces Bill Virdon as manager of NY Yankees
and Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries, rights signed by 35 nations
1976 21st Olympic games close at Montreal Canada
and Liz Taylor's 6th divorce (re-divorces Richard Burton)
and Seattle Seahawks play 1st (preseason) game (SF 27, Seattle 20)
1977 SF Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer
1978 Commandos occupy Iraqi embassy in Paris, 1 dead
and Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL)
1979 Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo forms govt in Portugal
1980 Gerd Wessig of East Germany set high jump record
and Waldemar Cierpinski wins 19th olympics marathon (2:11:03
1981 Harvard College discovers asteroid #3401
and MTV premieres at 12:01 AM
and Poland premier Jagielski resigns
1982 Greg Louganis, US becomes 1st diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dives
and Heavy Israeli air bombardment on Beirut
and Petra Schneider swims world record 400m medley (4:36.10)
1985 15.4 cm rainfall at Cheyenne, Wyoming (state record)
1986 Bert Blyleven becomes 10th pitcher to strike out 3,000
and Cleveland sets AL attendance record for twi-night doubleheader, 65,934
and Tennis ace John McEnroe marries actress Tatum O'Neal
1987 Bananarama's Siobhan Fahey marries Eurythmics Dave Stewart
and Crossbow flight record (2,005 yds 1'9") set by Harry Drake in Nevada
and Mike Tyson beats Tony Tucker to become undisputed boxing champ
and Nurse Mary R Stout chosen chairperson of Vietnam Veterans of America
1988 Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon
1990 Indians' Alex Cole sets club record with 5 stolen bases in one game
and Iraq pulls out of talks with Kuwait
and Soyuz TM-10 launches
and Stanton Cook becomes CEO of Chicago Cubs
1991 Actress Hedy Lamarr, 77, arrested for shoplifting in Florida
1992 NBC's "Saturday Today" premieres
and USA/USSR Around World Air Race begins at Santa Monica
1993 Walter Koenig, Checkov of Star Trek, suffers a heart attack
1994 99.9øF (37.7øC) in Berlin-Dahlem: record
and The Rolling Stones begin Voodoo Lounge world tour
and Train crash in Havana Cuba, 6 killed
1995 Westinghouse purchases CBS-TV network
Your Special Reminders for August 1:
1933 100øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1964 59øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 213th day of year with 152 days left (Numerology = 9)
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