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August 1: Emancipation Day in Trinidad and Tobago; Imbolc in the Southern Hemisphere; Swiss National Day in Switzerland 1774 – British scientist Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. 1831 – A new London Bridge (pictured), designed by engineer John Rennie, opened. It stood over London's River Thames until American entrepreneur Robert P. McCulloch bought it in 1968 and subsequently moved it to Lake Havasu City, Arizona. 1927 – In the Nanchang Uprising, the first major engagement in the Chinese Civil War, Communist forces seized control over the entire city of Nanchang from the Kuomintang. 1944 – World War II: The Polish Home Army began the Warsaw Uprising in Warsaw against the Nazi occupation of Poland. 1981 – The American cable television network MTV made its debut with the music video for the song "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. More events: July 31 – August 1 – August 2 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 05:32, June 11, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Contents 1 Duplication of June 28 events 2 duplication of Aug 23 3 Citizenship Day? 4 August 12th?

[edit] Duplication of June 28 events

Most of the people listed here as having died on August 1st actually seem to have died on June 28th according to their articles.

James Madison Warren G. Harding Paul von Hindenburg Joris Ivens Mikhail Tal Abraham Ortelius

Angela 21:51, 19 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Yes, and Charles V was elected Holy Roman Emperor on June 28 (Not August 1), 1519. This whole page probably needs review and verification. Wait, yes this page definetly needs review and verification.

StanZegel 04:09, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)

There were several pre-twentieth century birthdays listed here that also didn't match their articles, so I've removed them. Also removed the listing of Jack Kramer as being dead; he was alive and giving interviews in October 2004, after his supposed 2002 death.. I've also checked as many of the other events as I could; I also found a few that were off by one day, such that they actually occurred on August 2. I've also removed any events that specifically contradict their articles or other sources I could find; many of the remainder, especially for older dates, aren't specifically mentioned in the articles, though, so they maybe shouldn't count as "confirmed". I'm going to remove the {{attention}} tag; I'm sure I've missed some, but it's now pretty good. I transformed a vague Yitzak Rabin note to a more balanced, specific note about the Madrid Conference on October 30 1991. CDC (talk) 01:51, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

On August 1 2002 The Minnesota Twins traded for Shannon Stewart and became a playoff contender.

[edit] duplication of Aug 23

On 12 Aug we note "1834 - Slavery is abolished in the British Empire" but on 28 August we note "1833 - Slavery abolished in the British colonies". My understanding was that slavery was abolished throughout the Empire in 1833, I think some colonies (possibly Canada) abolished earlier but this wouldn't have been every colony in the Empire. Does anyone have more concrete? AllanHainey 10:52, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Citizenship Day?

The Wikipedia article on Citizenship Day says it's on September 17, not August 1. ~R!ck

[edit] August 12th?

For some reason, the list of births from August 12th appeared here above the August 1 births. I've removed them. 193.113.57.161 07:11, 31 July 2007 (UTC)