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2018 Vietnam floods. Two children and a man drown as new floods overflow one bank of the Bui River, engulf several villages, and threaten to submerge parts of Hanoi. An intense heat wave hits South Korea, which started at the end of July and is forecast to reach its highest temperature in the coming days. The heat wave kills 27 people, while ...
International relations Turkey–United States relations, 2016–present purges in Turkey The White House imposes sanctions on two Turkish officials over the detention of Andrew Brunson, an American pastor who is being tried on espionage and terror-related charges. (Al Jazeera) Law and crime An orb and two crowns, part of the Regalia of Sweden, are stolen from Strängnäs Cathedral. (BBC ...
August 1 – The 2018 Kivu Ebola outbreak begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It becomes the second-deadliest outbreak of the Ebola virus on November 29, surpassed only by the 2013 West African Ebola virus epidemic. [154] August 2 – Apple Inc. becomes the world's first public company to achieve a market capitalization of $1 ...
August 1 is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) ... American canoeist (d. 2018) [46] 1924 – Marcia Mae Jones, American actress and singer (d. 2007) [47]
Wednesday, August 1 President Trump tweets that " Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further", [ 111 ] the first time Trump has publicly and explicitly called for the termination of the Special Counsel investigation . [ 112 ]
August 1 – Following heavy fighting with the Taliban, more than 200 ISIL-K fighters in the Darzab District surrendered to the Afghan government, while 128 ISIL-K fighters were captured by the Taliban. Following the mass surrenders, the Taliban took full control of ISIL's former territory in the Darzab District.
August 1 Turnt: Facebook Watch [157] August 2 Bachelorette Weekend: CMT [158] August 3 Random Acts of Flyness: HBO [159] August 5 Mega Man: Fully Charged: Cartoon Network [160] August 6 25 Words or Less: Fox O&O [161] Lodge 49: AMC [162] Inspiring Life with Lewis Howes: Facebook Watch [163] On Location: August 7 Castaways: ABC [164] August 10 ...
1907 – Robert Baden-Powell held the first Scout camp at Brownsea Island in Dorset, England, beginning the Scouting movement. page numbers needed 1927 – In the Nanchang uprising , the first major engagement in the Chinese Civil War , Communist forces seized control over the entire city of Nanchang from the Kuomintang .