August 1
People born on this day are Leo.
- 1976
Trinidad and Tobago officially became a republic.
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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.
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MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
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Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.
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A plane crash in the Karabakh Range kills 46 people.
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The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
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Puntland, an autonomous state in northeastern Somalia, is officially established following a constitutional conference in Garowe. Issims and tribal chiefs agreed to create a self-declared government until Somalia recovered.
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A supermarket fire kills 424 people and injures 360 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
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The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145.
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The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
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Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions die on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
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Former US President Donald Trump is indicted for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his third indictment in 2023.
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2003Joseph Sua'ali'i, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
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2002Alejandro Francés, Spanish footballer
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2001Scottie Barnes, American basketball player
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2001Park Si-eun, South Korean actress
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2001Ben Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
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2000Kim Chaewon, South Korean singer
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1996Katie Boulter, British tennis player
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1995Madison Cawthorn, American politician
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1994Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player
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1993Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player
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1993Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer
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1992Austin Rivers, American basketball player
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