Historical Events In August - 01

1961  Beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club on August - 01.   

1962  NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m on this day in history.   

1962  On August - 01 leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62   

1963  The Beatles Book is sold out on its first day of sale on August - 01.   

1963  On August - 01 theodore Roethke, US poet (Praise to the end!), dies   

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  On August - 01 north Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it begins in earnest   

1964  On August - 01 race riot in Jersey City NJ   

1964  Johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30 on August - 01.   

1965  On August - 01 kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer, dies at 77   

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 this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history brian Cole rocker with the Association, dies of heroin OD at 28   

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

1973  Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history helsinki Agreement, on human rights, signed by over 35 nations   

1975  Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries, rights signed by 35 nations on August - 01.   

1975  Howard Joslin, actor (Quebec, Detective Story), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history trinidad and Tobago independence   

1977  On this day in history francis Gary Powers, US U-2 pilot, dies at 47   

1979  Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history thurmon Munson killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32   

1980  On this day in history gerd Wessig of East Germany set the high jump record   

1980  US swimmers set 3 world records at National championships on August - 01.   

1980  Strother Martin, actor (Slapshot), dies of heart attack at 61 on August - 01.   

1981  On August - 01 mTV premiers this day   

1981  On August - 01 paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter (Network, Hospital) dies of cancer at 58   

1982  On August - 01 cathleen Nesbitt English actress (Seperate Tables), dies at 93   

1983  STS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad on August - 01.   

1983  On this day in history uS District Court begins trying Yonkers accuse of race discrimination   

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  On August - 01 birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)   

1495  On this day in history birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect   

1520  On this day in history birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  On August - 01 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 August - 01 justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies   

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on August - 01.   

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on August - 01.   

1402  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on August - 01.   

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

1464  On August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)   

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on this day in history.