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August 1st, 2006 (August 01 2006) | Death | Jason Rhoades, American installation artist (born in 1965) | |
August 1st, 2006 (August 01 2006) | Death | Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (born in 1924) | |
August 1st, 2006 (August 01 2006) | Death | Iris Marion Young, American feminist and political scientist (born in 1949) | |
August 1st, 1996 (August 01 1996) | Event | Michael Johnson breaks the 200m world record by 0.30 seconds with a time of 19.32 seconds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. | Michael Johns Quotes |
August 1st, 1996 (August 01 1996) | Death | Frida Boccara, French singer (born in 1940) | |
August 1st, 1996 (August 01 1996) | Death | Tadeus Reichstein, Polish chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1897) | |
August 1st, 1996 (August 01 1996) | Death | Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian physician and international aid worker (born in 1929) | |
August 1st, 1986 (August 01 1986) | Birth | Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer | |
August 1st, 1986 (August 01 1986) | Birth | Andrew Taylor, English footballer | |
August 1st, 1986 (August 01 1986) | Birth | Anton Stralman, Swedish ice hockey player | |
August 1st, 1986 (August 01 1986) | Birth | Elena Vesnina, Russian Tennis Player | |
August 1st, 1976 (August 01 1976) | Birth | Kevin Joseph, American baseball player | |
August 1st, 1976 (August 01 1976) | Birth | Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer | |
August 1st, 1976 (August 01 1976) | Birth | Hasan Sas, Turkish footballer | |
August 1st, 1976 (August 01 1976) | Birth | Soren Jochumsen, Danish footballer | |
August 1st, 1966 (August 01 1966) | Event | Charles Whitman kills 15 people at The University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police. | |
August 1st, 1966 (August 01 1966) | Event | Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official People s Republic of China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. | |
August 1st, 1966 (August 01 1966) | Death | Charles Whitman, American mass murderer (shot by police) (born in 1941) | |
August 1st, 1956 (August 01 1956) | Birth | Tom Leykis, American radio personality | |
August 1st, 1946 (August 01 1946) | Birth | Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist | |
August 1st, 1946 (August 01 1946) | Birth | Boz Burrell, British bass guitarist (King Crimson, Bad Company) (died in 2006) | |
August 1st, 1936 (August 01 1936) | Event | Olympic Games: Summer Olympic GamesThe Games of the XI Olympiad open in Berlin. | |
August 1st, 1936 (August 01 1936) | Birth | Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (died in 2008) | |
August 1st, 1926 (August 01 1926) | Birth | Theo Adam, German bass-baritone | |
August 1st, 1916 (August 01 1916) | Birth | Anne Hebert, French Canadian author and poet (died in 2000) | |
August 1st, 1876 (August 01 1876) | Event | Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state. | |
August 1st, 1866 (August 01 1866) | Death | John Ross (aka. Kooweskoowe), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (born in 1790) | |
August 1st, 1796 (August 01 1796) | Death | Robert Pigot, British army officer (born in 1720) | |
August 1st, 1546 (August 01 1546) | Death | Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (born in 1506) | |
August 1st, 0126 (August 01 0126) | Birth | Pertinax, Roman Emperor (died in 193) | |