August 1
Today is the 214th day of 2016, there are 152 days left in the year.
1714 - Britain's Queen Anne died at age 49; she was succeeded by George I.
1790 - The first U.S. Census was completed, showing a population of nearly 4 million people.
1876 - Colorado became the 38th state.
1907 - The U.S. Army Signal Corps established an aeronautical division, the forerunner of the U.S. Air Force.
1914 - Germany declared war on Russia at the onset of World War I.
1942 - Rock musician Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead was born in San Francisco.
1943 - Race-related rioting erupted in New York City's Harlem section, resulting in several deaths.
1944 - An uprising broke out in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazi occupation.
1946 - President Harry S. Truman signed the congressional acts that created the Atomic Energy Commission and the Fulbright Scholarship program.
1957 - The United States and Canada agreed to create the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).
1966 - Charles Joseph Whitman shot and killed 14 people at the University of Texas before he was gunned down by police.
1981 - The music video channel MTV made its cable television debut at 12:01 a.m. The first video shown was Video Killed the Radio star by the Buggles.
1988 - Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh began broadcasting his nationally syndicated radio program.
1994 - Singer Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley confirmed they'd been secretly married 11 weeks earlier. (Presley filed for divorce in January 1996, citing irreconcilable differences.)
1995 - Westinghouse Electric Corp. struck a deal to buy CBS for $5.4 billion.
2005 - King Fahd of Saudi Arabia died. Crown Prince Abdullah, the king's half-brother, became the country's new monarch.
2011 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed, 269-161, emergency legislation to avert the nation's first-ever financial default.
Birthdays
20 - Cymphonique Miller (rapper)
23 - Leon Thomas III (actor)
24 - Austin Rivers (basketball player)
26 - Jack O'Connell (actor)
27 - Madison Bumgarner (baseball player)
28 - Max Carver (actor)
30 - Mike Wallace (football player)
30 - Elijah Kelley (actor)
31 - Adam Jones (baseball player)
32 - Tyler Farr (country singer)
37 - Jason Momoa (actor)
43 - Tempestt Bledsoe (actress)
49 - Richard Whiten (actor)
53 - Coolio (rapper)
66 - Roy Williams (basketball coach)
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Today in Sports History - August 1
1906 - Harry McIntire of the Brooklyn Dodgers no-hits the Pittsburgh Pirates for 10 2/3 innings, but loses in the 11th.
1918 - The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Braves 2-0 in 21 innings.
1936 - 100,000 saluted Adolf Hitler on his entrance at the opening of the Berlin Olympics.
1945 - Mel Ott hit his 500th career home run.
1950 - The American Bowling Congress ends its "all white males" rule.
1970 - Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates ties a major league record with five extra-base hits in one game.
1972 - Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres ties a major league record with five home runs in a doubleheader.
1976 - The Seattle Seahawks make their NFL debut with their first ever preseason game. (They lost to the San Francisco 49ers 27-20.)
1978 - Pete Rose's National League record 44-game hitting streak comes to an end.
1982 - Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Travis Jackson and Happy Chandler are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1982 - American Greg Louganis becomes the first diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dives.
1986 - Minnesota Twins pitcher Bert Blyleven becomes the 10th player in major league history to throw 3,000 strikeouts.
1987 - Mike Tyson defeats Tony Tucker to become the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion.
1993 - Reggie Jackson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1996 - American sprinter Michael Johnson sets a new world record in the 200 meter dash at the Atlanta Summer Olympics with a time of 19.32 seconds.
2005 - Rafael Palmeiro of the Baltimore Orioles becomes the highest profile player to be suspended for violating the Major League Baseball steroid policy.
Today is the 214th day of 2016, there are 152 days left in the year.
1714 - Britain's Queen Anne died at age 49; she was succeeded by George I.
1790 - The first U.S. Census was completed, showing a population of nearly 4 million people.
1876 - Colorado became the 38th state.
1907 - The U.S. Army Signal Corps established an aeronautical division, the forerunner of the U.S. Air Force.
1914 - Germany declared war on Russia at the onset of World War I.
1942 - Rock musician Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead was born in San Francisco.
1943 - Race-related rioting erupted in New York City's Harlem section, resulting in several deaths.
1944 - An uprising broke out in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazi occupation.
1946 - President Harry S. Truman signed the congressional acts that created the Atomic Energy Commission and the Fulbright Scholarship program.
1957 - The United States and Canada agreed to create the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).
1966 - Charles Joseph Whitman shot and killed 14 people at the University of Texas before he was gunned down by police.
1981 - The music video channel MTV made its cable television debut at 12:01 a.m. The first video shown was Video Killed the Radio star by the Buggles.
1988 - Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh began broadcasting his nationally syndicated radio program.
1994 - Singer Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley confirmed they'd been secretly married 11 weeks earlier. (Presley filed for divorce in January 1996, citing irreconcilable differences.)
1995 - Westinghouse Electric Corp. struck a deal to buy CBS for $5.4 billion.
2005 - King Fahd of Saudi Arabia died. Crown Prince Abdullah, the king's half-brother, became the country's new monarch.
2011 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed, 269-161, emergency legislation to avert the nation's first-ever financial default.
Birthdays
20 - Cymphonique Miller (rapper)
23 - Leon Thomas III (actor)
24 - Austin Rivers (basketball player)
26 - Jack O'Connell (actor)
27 - Madison Bumgarner (baseball player)
28 - Max Carver (actor)
30 - Mike Wallace (football player)
30 - Elijah Kelley (actor)
31 - Adam Jones (baseball player)
32 - Tyler Farr (country singer)
37 - Jason Momoa (actor)
43 - Tempestt Bledsoe (actress)
49 - Richard Whiten (actor)
53 - Coolio (rapper)
66 - Roy Williams (basketball coach)
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Today in Sports History - August 1
1906 - Harry McIntire of the Brooklyn Dodgers no-hits the Pittsburgh Pirates for 10 2/3 innings, but loses in the 11th.
1918 - The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Braves 2-0 in 21 innings.
1936 - 100,000 saluted Adolf Hitler on his entrance at the opening of the Berlin Olympics.
1945 - Mel Ott hit his 500th career home run.
1950 - The American Bowling Congress ends its "all white males" rule.
1970 - Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates ties a major league record with five extra-base hits in one game.
1972 - Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres ties a major league record with five home runs in a doubleheader.
1976 - The Seattle Seahawks make their NFL debut with their first ever preseason game. (They lost to the San Francisco 49ers 27-20.)
1978 - Pete Rose's National League record 44-game hitting streak comes to an end.
1982 - Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Travis Jackson and Happy Chandler are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1982 - American Greg Louganis becomes the first diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dives.
1986 - Minnesota Twins pitcher Bert Blyleven becomes the 10th player in major league history to throw 3,000 strikeouts.
1987 - Mike Tyson defeats Tony Tucker to become the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion.
1993 - Reggie Jackson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1996 - American sprinter Michael Johnson sets a new world record in the 200 meter dash at the Atlanta Summer Olympics with a time of 19.32 seconds.
2005 - Rafael Palmeiro of the Baltimore Orioles becomes the highest profile player to be suspended for violating the Major League Baseball steroid policy.
