Historical Events In August - 01

1961  On this day in history beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club  

1962  On August - 01 nASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m  

1962  On this day in history leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62  

1963  On this day in history the Beatles Book is sold out on its first day of sale  

1963  Theodore Roethke, US poet (Praise to the end!), dies on this day in history.  

1964  On August - 01 beatles' "Hard Day's Night" single goes to #1 spot on the charts  

1964  On August - 01 jack Kirkwood actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69  

1964  North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it begins in earnest on August - 01.  

1964  On this day in history race riot in Jersey City NJ  

1964  On August - 01 johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30  

1965  Kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer, dies at 77 on August - 01.  

1966  The Texas Tower Massacre - University student killed 10 and wounded 31 on August - 01.  

1966  On August - 01 bud Powell, US jazz pianist/composer, dies  

1967  US's Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5 on this day in history.  

1970  Frances Farmer, actress (Toast of NY, Come & Get It), dies at 55 on August - 01.  

1972  Brian Cole rocker with the Association, dies of heroin OD at 28 on August - 01.  

1972  Gold hits record $70 an ounce in London on August - 01.  

1973  Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer, dies at 91 on August - 01.  

1975  On August - 01 helsinki Agreement, on human rights, signed by over 35 nations  

1975  Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries, rights signed by 35 nations on this day in history.  

1975  On August - 01 howard Joslin, actor (Quebec, Detective Story), dies at 68  

1976  Trinidad and Tobago independence on August - 01.  

1977  Francis Gary Powers, US U-2 pilot, dies at 47 on August - 01.  

1979  On this day in history gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway  

1979  Thurmon Munson killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 on August - 01.  

1980  Gerd Wessig of East Germany set the high jump record on August - 01.  

1980  On this day in history uS swimmers set 3 world records at National championships  

1980  Strother Martin, actor (Slapshot), dies of heart attack at 61 on this day in history.  

1981  MTV premiers this day on August - 01.  

1981  Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter (Network, Hospital) dies of cancer at 58 on this day in history.  

1982  Cathleen Nesbitt English actress (Seperate Tables), dies at 93 on August - 01.  

1983  STS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad on this day in history.  

1983  US District Court begins trying Yonkers accuse of race discrimination on August - 01.  

1983  Peter Arne, actor (Straw Dogs), bludgeoned to death in London at 62 on this day in history.  

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1313  On August - 01 birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)  

1322  On August - 01 birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian  

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on this day in history.  

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.  

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on August - 01.  

1545  On this day in history birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)  

1555  On this day in history birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)  

1579  On August - 01 birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)  

0527  On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies  

1137  On August - 01 louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)  

1190  On August - 01 floris III, Count of Holland, dies  

1227  On August - 01 death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)  

1402  On August - 01 death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)  

1457  On this day in history laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50  

1464  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on August - 01.  

1541  On this day in history death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)