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August 1 in recent years ... marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history. ... "Historical Events on August 1". OnThisDay.com.
Events. 1619 – First African slaves arrive in Jamestown, Virginia. 1828 – Bolton and Leigh Railway opens to freight traffic. 1832 – The Black Hawk War ends. 1842 – Lombard Street Riot erupts. 1876 – Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state. 1902 – The United States buys the rights to the Panama Canal from France. 1941 – The ...
This is a list of selected August 1 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
The following events occurred in August 1969: August 1 ... in what one reporter described as "the most important presidential election in the history of India, ...
August 1 – Hans Rott, Austrian composer (d. 1884) August 2 – Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, queen consort, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1934) August 10 – Georgi Todorov, Bulgarian general (d. 1934) August 11 – Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician, pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1930)
August 1 – Carl Benz is issued with the world's first driving licence by the Grand Duchy of Baden. August 5 – Bertha Benz arrives in Pforzheim having driven 40 miles (64 km) from Mannheim in a car manufactured by her husband Carl Benz , thus completing the first "long-distance" drive in the history of the automobile .
1 August 1, 1941 (Friday) 2 August 2 ... The following events occurred in August ... "We realize fully how vitally important to the defeat of Hitlerism is the brave ...
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