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August 1st, 2006 (August 01 2006)DeathJason Rhoades, American installation artist (born in 1965)
August 1st, 2006 (August 01 2006)DeathBob Thaves, American cartoonist (born in 1924)
August 1st, 2006 (August 01 2006)DeathIris Marion Young, American feminist and political scientist (born in 1949)
August 1st, 1996 (August 01 1996)EventMichael 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)DeathFrida Boccara, French singer (born in 1940)
August 1st, 1996 (August 01 1996)DeathTadeus Reichstein, Polish chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1897)
August 1st, 1996 (August 01 1996)DeathLucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian physician and international aid worker (born in 1929)
August 1st, 1986 (August 01 1986)BirthBastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
August 1st, 1986 (August 01 1986)BirthAndrew Taylor, English footballer
August 1st, 1986 (August 01 1986)BirthAnton Stralman, Swedish ice hockey player
August 1st, 1986 (August 01 1986)BirthElena Vesnina, Russian Tennis Player
August 1st, 1976 (August 01 1976)BirthKevin Joseph, American baseball player
August 1st, 1976 (August 01 1976)BirthNwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer
August 1st, 1976 (August 01 1976)BirthHasan Sas, Turkish footballer
August 1st, 1976 (August 01 1976)BirthSoren Jochumsen, Danish footballer
August 1st, 1966 (August 01 1966)EventCharles Whitman kills 15 people at The University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
August 1st, 1966 (August 01 1966)EventPurges 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)DeathCharles Whitman, American mass murderer (shot by police) (born in 1941)
August 1st, 1956 (August 01 1956)BirthTom Leykis, American radio personality
August 1st, 1946 (August 01 1946)BirthFiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist
August 1st, 1946 (August 01 1946)BirthBoz Burrell, British bass guitarist (King Crimson, Bad Company) (died in 2006)
August 1st, 1936 (August 01 1936)EventOlympic Games: Summer Olympic GamesThe Games of the XI Olympiad open in Berlin.
August 1st, 1936 (August 01 1936)BirthYves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (died in 2008)
August 1st, 1926 (August 01 1926)BirthTheo Adam, German bass-baritone
August 1st, 1916 (August 01 1916)BirthAnne Hebert, French Canadian author and poet (died in 2000)
August 1st, 1876 (August 01 1876)EventColorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
August 1st, 1866 (August 01 1866)DeathJohn Ross (aka. Kooweskoowe), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (born in 1790)
August 1st, 1796 (August 01 1796)DeathRobert Pigot, British army officer (born in 1720)
August 1st, 1546 (August 01 1546)DeathPeter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (born in 1506)
August 1st, 0126 (August 01 0126)BirthPertinax, Roman Emperor (died in 193)

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