August 1

Today's Events

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