Page 8: 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  Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62 on August - 01.   

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

1963  On this day in history theodore Roethke, US poet (Praise to the end!), dies   

1964  On this day in history beatles' "Hard Day's Night" single goes to #1 spot on the charts   

1964  On this day in history 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  Race riot in Jersey City NJ on August - 01.   

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

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

1966  On this day in history the Texas Tower Massacre - University student killed 10 and wounded 31.   

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 this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history gold hits record $70 an ounce in London   

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

1975  Helsinki Agreement, on human rights, signed by over 35 nations on this day in history.   

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

1975  On this day in history howard Joslin, actor (Quebec, Detective Story), dies at 68   

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  On August - 01 gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway   

1979  On August - 01 thurmon Munson killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32   

1980  On August - 01 gerd Wessig of East Germany set the high jump record   

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 August - 01.   

1981  On this day in history mTV premiers this day   

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

1982  Cathleen Nesbitt English actress (Seperate Tables), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

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

1983  US District Court begins trying Yonkers accuse of race discrimination on this day in history.   

1983  On August - 01 peter Arne, actor (Straw Dogs), bludgeoned to death in London at 62   

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.   

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on August - 01.   

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on August - 01.   

1495  On August - 01 birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect   

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on this day in history.   

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.   

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

1579  On this day in history 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 this day in history louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

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

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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