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What happened in history on this day: August 1?
On August 1 in ...
- 1789 - US Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act.
- 1790 - First US census (population of 3,939,214).
- 1794 - Whiskey Rebellion begins in the USA.
- 1812 - A rare tornado hits Westchester County, New York.
- 1838 - The branch mint in New Orleans closes during an outbreak of Yellow Fever.
- 1861 - Brazil recognizes the Confederate States of America.
- 1863 - Cavalry action near Brandy Station - End of Gettysburg Campaign.
- 1866 - A federal tax of 10 percent on state-chartered bank notes takes effect.
- 1867 - Blacks vote for first time in a state election in South (Tennessee).
- 1869 - First voyage down Colorado River.
- 1873 - San Francisco's first cable car begins service.
- 1876 - Colorado becomes 38th US state.
- 1881 - US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, San Francisco Bay.
- 1903 - First US coast-to-coast automobile trip (San Francisco to New York) completed.
- 1907 - Bank of Italy opens first branch at 3433 Mission Street, San Francisco.
- 1933 - NRA (National Recovery Administration) is established.
- 1941 - The first Jeep car is produced.
- 1943 - Race riot in Harlem, New York City.
- 1943 - 164 American B-24 bombers attack Ploesti, Romania. Due to several factors, some planes take a wrong course, alerting defences. 41 planes are lost during the attack, two collide on the return trip, eight land in Turkey, 23 land at Allied bases in the Mediterranean, and 90 return to Benghazi, many too damaged to fly again. Three hundred American airmen are killed during the operation.
- 1946 - US President Harry Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).
- 1950 - American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule.
- 1950 - US territory of Guam created.
- 1953 - California introduces sales tax (for education).
- 1957 - First commercial building heated by Sun (Albuquerque, New Mexico).
- 1958 - US first class letter rate postage up to 4 cents per ounce (had been 3 cents for 26 years).
- 1961 - Whitney Young Junior named executive director of American National Urban League.
- 1966 - Charles Whitman climbs University of Texas tower and shoots 12 dead.
- 1969 - 110,000 attend Atlantic City Pop Festival in New Jersey.
- 1972 - First article appears exposing Watergate scandal (Bernstein-Woodward).
- 1975 - In Oroville, California, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurs.
- 1976 - Pinball is legalized in New York City and Chicago; previously was banned as a gambling game. New York City mayor signs law legalizing pinball games.
- 1981 - MTV music video TV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, Video Killed The Radio Star by the Buggles.
- 1983 - America West Airlines begins operations out of Phoenix, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada.
- 1988 - Deep Rover one-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon.
- 1993 - Riverboat gambling is launched in Mississippi state.
- 1995 - Westinghouse Electric Corporation makes a deal to buy CBS for US$5.4 billion.
- 1997 - Boeing and McDonnell Douglas complete their merger.
- 2001 - Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a 2.5-ton monument of the Ten Commandments (dubbed by both detractors and the media as 'Roy's Rock') surreptitiously installed in the Rotunda of the Judiciary Building.
- 2007 - The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge on I-35W over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota between University Avenue and Washington Avenue collapses at 6:05 pm CST during the later part of rush hour, killing 13 people.
- 2008 - General Motors of the USA announces second quarter loss of US$15.5 billion, worst in the company's history.
- 2018 - Casinos in Mississippi legqally begin accepting sports book bets.
- 2022 - A US drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan kills al Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Births on August 1
- 1898 - Birth of Morris Stoloff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; violinist (Picnic, Pal Joey).
- 1912 - Birth of Henry Jones in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; character actor (Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Kraft TV Theatre, Playhouse 90, Studio One, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Mrs. Columbo, Gun Shy).
- 1913 - Birth of Jerome Moross in Brooklyn, New York, USA; composer (Frankie and Johnny).
- 1921 - Birth of Jack Kramer in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; tennis star (Wimbeldon 1947).
- 1933 - Birth of Dominick "Dom" DeLuise in Brooklyn, New York, USA; American comic actor (Blazing Saddles, Smokey and the Bandit II, The Cannonball Run).
- 1937 - Birth of Alfonse D'Amato in Brooklyn, New York, USA; American politician (Senator-Republican-New York 1980-).
- 1942 - Birth of Jerry Garcia in San Francisco, California, USA; musician/spngwriter (Grateful Dead - "Uncle Joe's Band", Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, Warlocks).
- 1946 - Birth of Richard O Covey in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA; US Air Force / astronaut (STS 51I, 26, 38).
- 1952 - Birth of Brian Patrick Clarke in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Merle - Eight is Enough).
- 1953 - Birth of Robert Cray in Columbus, Georgia, USA; blues singer/songwriter (1987 Grammy).
- 1958 - Birth of Taylor Negron in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Silvio - Detective School).
- 1973 - Birth of Tempestt Bledsoe in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Vanessa - The Cosby Show).
Deaths on August 1
- 1917 - Frank Little, IWW organizer, is lynched in Butte, Montana, USA.
- 2004 - Death of Philip Abelson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913).
- 2004 - Death of Chuck Boyajian at age 86; Disneyland worker 1955-81 as Manager of Custodial Operations, named Disney Legend in 2005.
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