August 1 holidays in 2020

Historical Events on August 1

• 527 A.D: After being named co-ruler by his uncle Justin I in April, Justinian becomes the only ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1774: Oxygen is discovered by an English theologian, author and chemist named Joseph Priestley
• 1834: The British Empire abolishes slavery throughout the UK with the institution of the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833.
• 1914: Russia and Germany declare war on each other during WWI.
• 1929: Thomas Edison holds a state-wide contest in New Jersey to decide who his next 49 apprentices will be.
• 1936: The 11^th Olympic Games are opened by Adolf Hitler in Berlin.
• 1941: The United States’ Willy’s Truck Company introduced the first Jeep for the U.S Army- a vehicle known to be quick, lightweight vehicle that can handle all terrain.
• 1958: Transit of the North Pole is done by United States Atomic submarine the USS Nautilus
• 1966: Charles Whitman, and ex-U. S Marine, shoots 46 people from an observatory platform at the University of Texas – 14 people are killed and 31 are wounded.
• 1972: Future U.S. President George W. Bush is suspended for flying with the Texas Air National Guard for missing his annual medical exam.
• 1994: King of Pop Michael Jackson marries Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley.
• 1997: The National Cancer Institute releases a report that nuclear testing during the 1950s could have been the cause of thyroid cancer for as many as 75,000 people.
• 2000: A judge rules that the R.M.S Titanic Company, a company with the salvage rights to the Titanic, could not cut into the sunken ship as they searched for an estimated $300 million dollars of treasure.

Famous Birthdays on August 1

• Claudius: Future Roman Emperor born in 10 BC
• Jean-Baptiste Lamark: French Naturalist born in 1744
• William Clark: Explorer & leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was born in 1770