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August 1st events in history

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DateWeekdayEvent
August 1, 1291 Wednesday Everlasting League forms basis of Swiss Confederation (Nat'l Day)
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