Browse events, births, deaths and holidays on August 1 throughout history.
Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
Former US President Donald Trump is indicted for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his third…
On August 1, 2017, two suicide bombers entered a Shi'ite mosque named "Jadwadia" in Bekrabad, Herat, Afghanistan, during an evening prayer session. After throwing explosives into …
A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.
The Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway is a Chinese high-speed railway that runs 117 kilometres (72.7 mi) line between Beijing and Tianjin. Designed for passenger traffic only, the…
The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
The 2008 K2 disaster occurred on 1 August 2008, when 11 mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth. Three others were seriously i…
Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, in the worst…
The I-35W Mississippi River bridge was an eight-lane, steel truss arch bridge that carried Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River one-half mile downstream from the Saint Anth…
The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the…
The Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire, also known as the Ycuá Bolaños Tragedy, occurred on 1 August 2004 in Asunción, Paraguay. After the fire broke out, exits were locked to prevent …
A supermarket fire kills 424 people and injures 360 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
Puntland, officially the Puntland State of Somalia, is a semi-autonomous state that considers itself to be part of Somalia, despite not accepting the legitimacy of Somalia's curre…
Puntland, an autonomous state in northeastern Somalia, was officially established following a constitutional…
The Great Flood of 1993 was a flood that occurred in the Midwestern United States, along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and their tributaries, from April to October 1993.
The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
The Karabakh Range or Artsakh range is a mountain range of Lesser Caucasus. It stretches in an arc from North to South-East from Tartar river to Aras River. The Hakari River separ…
A plane crash in the Karabakh Range kills 46 people.
This is a chronology of activities by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) from 1980 to 1989. For actions before and after this period see Chronology of Provisional Irish R…
A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. Sphagnum moss, also call…
Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.
MTV is an American cable television channel and the flagship namesake property of the MTV Entertainment Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount…
MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is an Icelandic stateswoman and theatre director who was the fourth president of Iceland, serving from 1980 to 1996, the first woman to hold the position an…
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head…
The Buttevant Rail Disaster was a train crash that occurred on 1 August 1980 at Buttevant Railway Station, County Cork, in Ireland, 220 kilometres (137 mi) from Dublin on the main…
A train crash kills 18 people and injures over 170 more in County Cork, Ireland.
Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda was an Austrian racing driver, motorsport executive, and aviation entrepreneur, who competed in Formula One from 1971 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1985. …
Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nürburgring.
The Helsinki Final Act, also known as Helsinki Accords or Helsinki Declaration, was the document signed at the closing meeting of the third phase of the Conference on Security and…
The final act of the CSCE meeting is signed in Helsinki, Finland.
There is an ongoing dispute between the Greek and Turkish communities in Cyprus, particularly in the north where Turkish troops are deployed. This is an example of a protracted so…
Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus…
The Concert for Bangladesh was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and the Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The shows were held at 2:…
The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York…
Hassanal Bolkiah Muiz'zaddin Wad'daulah has reigned as the sultan of Brunei since 1967, and has also served as the prime minister of Brunei since its independence from British rul…
The coronation of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei, is held.
Charles Joseph Whitman was an American mass murderer who committed the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting, one of the first mass shootings in modern American history to recei…
Charles Whitman kills 15 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.