| Date | Weekday | Event |
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| August 1, 1291 | Wednesday | Everlasting League forms basis of Swiss Confederation (Nat'l Day) |
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| August 1, 1584 | Wednesday | Swiss Confederation Day |
| August 1, 1753 | Wednesday | Lammas Day |
| August 1, 1785 | Monday | Caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet |
| August 1, 1789 | Saturday | US Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act |
| August 1, 1790 | Sunday | 1st US census |
| August 1, 1794 | Friday | Whiskey Rebellion |
| August 1, 1798 | Wednesday | Battle of Nile |
| August 1, 1852 | Sunday | SF Methodists establish 1st black church Zion Methodist |
| August 1, 1869 | Sunday | 1st voyage down Colorado River |
| August 1, 1876 | Tuesday | Colorado becomes 38th state |
| August 1, 1881 | Monday | US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island SF Bay |
| August 1, 1901 | Thursday | Burial within SF City limits prohibited |
| August 1, 1903 | Saturday | 1st coast-to-coast automobile trip (SF-NY) completed |
| August 1, 1907 | Thursday | Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street SF |
| August 1, 1916 | Tuesday | Hawaii Natl Park established |
| August 1, 1946 | Thursday | Pres Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission |
| August 1, 1950 | Tuesday | Guam Territory created |
| August 1, 1953 | Saturday | Cal introduces it's Sales Tax (for Education) |
| August 1, 1957 | Thursday | 1st coml building heated by sun Albuquerque NM |
| August 1, 1958 | Friday | 1st Class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years) |
| August 1, 1960 | Monday | Benin (Dahomey) gains independence from France |
| August 1, 1961 | Tuesday | New SF Hall of Justice opens |
| August 1, 1966 | Monday | Charles Whitman climbs U of Texas tower & shoots 12 dead |
| August 1, 1971 | Sunday | CBS presents 6 Wives of Henry VIII |
| August 1, 1973 | Wednesday | Munson & Fisk get into a brawl at Fenway Park |
| August 1, 1975 | Friday | Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries rights signed by 35 nations |
| August 1, 1975 | Friday | Billy Martin replaces Bill Virdon as manager |
| August 1, 1981 | Saturday | MTV premiers |