August 1
1790 - The first U.S. census was completed, showing a national population of 3,929,214 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.
1944 - An uprising broke out in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazi occupation; the revolt lasted two months before collapsing.
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 announced they had agreed to create the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).
1966 - Charles Joseph Whitman, age 25, went on an armed rampage at the University of Texas in Austin that killed 14 people, most of whom were shot by Whitman while he was perched in the clock tower of the main campus building.
1975 - A 35-nation summit in Helsinki, Finland concluded with the signing of a declaration known as the Helsinki Accords dealing with European security, human rights and East-West contacts.
1981 - MTV made its debut at 12:01 AM on cable television, with the first music video shown being "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.
1994 - Pop superstar Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley confirmed they had secretly married 11 weeks earlier.
2007 - The eight-lane Interstate 35W bridge, a major Minneapolis artery, collapsed into the Mississippi River during evening hour, killing 13 people.
2011 - The House of Representatives passed, 269-161, emergency legislation to avert the nation's first-ever financial default.
2013 - Defying the United States, Russia granted Edward Snowden temporary asylum, allowing the National Security Agency leaker to slip out of the Moscow airport where he had been holed up for weeks.
2013 - President Barack Obama faced congressional critics of the National Security Agency's collection of Americans' telephone records as he and Vice President Joe Biden joined lawmakers on both sides of the issue for an Oval Office meeting.
2014 - A medical examiner ruled that a New York City police officer's chokehold caused the death of Eric Garner, whose videotaped arrest and final pleas of "I can't breathe!" had sparked outrage.
2018 - The remains of dozens of presumed casualties of the Korean War were returned to U.S. soil; in an emotional ceremony in Hawaii, military members carried 55 boxes draped with American flags off two military transport planes.
2022 - President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, an operation Biden said delivered justice and hopefully "one more measure of closure" to families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
Birthdays
27 - Luke Eisner (actor)
27 - Cymphonique Miller (rapper)
29 - Mary Jon Nelson (actress)
33 - Jack O'Connell (actor)
35 - Max Carver (actor)
37 - Elijah Kelley (actor)
42 - Taylor Fry (actress)
42 - Ashley Parker Angel (singer)
44 - Jason Momoa (actor)
50 - Tempestt Bledsoe (actress)
51 - Charles Malik Whitfield (actor)
53 - Jennifer Gareis (actress)
57 - George Ducas (singer)
59 - Adam Duritz (singer)
60 - John Carroll Lynch (actor)
63 - Chuck D (rapper)
64 - Joe Elliott (singer)
65 - Michael Penn (singer)
73 - Roy Williams (basketball coach)
81 - Giancarlo Giannini (actor)
92 - Ramblin' Jack Elliott (singer)
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Today in Sports History - August 1
1918 - The Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Braves play a record 20-inning scoreless game before the Pirates win 2-0 in the 21st inning.
1933 - Pitcher Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants sets a major league record with 45 1/3 scoreless consecutive innings thrown.
1936 - Adolf Hitler presided over the opening of the Summer Olympic Games in Berlin.
1945 - Mel Ott of the New York Giants hit his 500th career home run, joining Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx as the only other players to reach the milestone.
1971 - In winning the Dixie 500 in Atlanta, Richard Petty becomes the first NASCAR driver to win $1 million in career earnings.
1972 - Joe Namath signed a record two-year, $500,000 contract with the New York Jets.
1973 - Struggling ABA franchise Virginia Squires trades star forward Julius Erving to the New York Nets for George Carter and cash.
1978 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds ended his streak of hitting in 44 consecutive games.
1986 - Bert Blyleven became only the 10th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters in his career.
1987 - Mike Tyson defeats Tony Tucker by decision in 12 rounds to become the first heavyweight boxer to hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles simultaneously.
1993 - Reggie Jackson was admitted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1996 - American track star Michael Johnson wins the 200 meter dash at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta in a world record time of 19.32 seconds; he also becomes the first man to win both the 200 meter and 400 meter races at the same Olympic Games.
1996 - Decathlete Dan O'Brien becomes the first American to win the event at an Olympics since Bruce Jenner in 1976.
2002 - In signing star linebacker Ray Lewis to a five-year contract extension, the Baltimore Ravens give him a $19 million signing bonus, then the largest in NFL history.
2005 - It was announced that Raphael Palmeiro would be suspended for 10 days after testing positive for steroid use. Palmeiro stood by his statements to the U.S. Congress on March 17, 2005, that he had never taken steroids.
2018 - Ohio State University placed football coach Urban Meyer on paid leave amid claims that his wife knew about allegations of domestic violence against an assistant coach years before the staff member was fired.
1790 - The first U.S. census was completed, showing a national population of 3,929,214 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.
1944 - An uprising broke out in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazi occupation; the revolt lasted two months before collapsing.
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 announced they had agreed to create the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).
1966 - Charles Joseph Whitman, age 25, went on an armed rampage at the University of Texas in Austin that killed 14 people, most of whom were shot by Whitman while he was perched in the clock tower of the main campus building.
1975 - A 35-nation summit in Helsinki, Finland concluded with the signing of a declaration known as the Helsinki Accords dealing with European security, human rights and East-West contacts.
1981 - MTV made its debut at 12:01 AM on cable television, with the first music video shown being "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.
1994 - Pop superstar Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley confirmed they had secretly married 11 weeks earlier.
2007 - The eight-lane Interstate 35W bridge, a major Minneapolis artery, collapsed into the Mississippi River during evening hour, killing 13 people.
2011 - The House of Representatives passed, 269-161, emergency legislation to avert the nation's first-ever financial default.
2013 - Defying the United States, Russia granted Edward Snowden temporary asylum, allowing the National Security Agency leaker to slip out of the Moscow airport where he had been holed up for weeks.
2013 - President Barack Obama faced congressional critics of the National Security Agency's collection of Americans' telephone records as he and Vice President Joe Biden joined lawmakers on both sides of the issue for an Oval Office meeting.
2014 - A medical examiner ruled that a New York City police officer's chokehold caused the death of Eric Garner, whose videotaped arrest and final pleas of "I can't breathe!" had sparked outrage.
2018 - The remains of dozens of presumed casualties of the Korean War were returned to U.S. soil; in an emotional ceremony in Hawaii, military members carried 55 boxes draped with American flags off two military transport planes.
2022 - President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, an operation Biden said delivered justice and hopefully "one more measure of closure" to families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
Birthdays
27 - Luke Eisner (actor)
27 - Cymphonique Miller (rapper)
29 - Mary Jon Nelson (actress)
33 - Jack O'Connell (actor)
35 - Max Carver (actor)
37 - Elijah Kelley (actor)
42 - Taylor Fry (actress)
42 - Ashley Parker Angel (singer)
44 - Jason Momoa (actor)
50 - Tempestt Bledsoe (actress)
51 - Charles Malik Whitfield (actor)
53 - Jennifer Gareis (actress)
57 - George Ducas (singer)
59 - Adam Duritz (singer)
60 - John Carroll Lynch (actor)
63 - Chuck D (rapper)
64 - Joe Elliott (singer)
65 - Michael Penn (singer)
73 - Roy Williams (basketball coach)
81 - Giancarlo Giannini (actor)
92 - Ramblin' Jack Elliott (singer)
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Today in Sports History - August 1
1918 - The Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Braves play a record 20-inning scoreless game before the Pirates win 2-0 in the 21st inning.
1933 - Pitcher Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants sets a major league record with 45 1/3 scoreless consecutive innings thrown.
1936 - Adolf Hitler presided over the opening of the Summer Olympic Games in Berlin.
1945 - Mel Ott of the New York Giants hit his 500th career home run, joining Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx as the only other players to reach the milestone.
1971 - In winning the Dixie 500 in Atlanta, Richard Petty becomes the first NASCAR driver to win $1 million in career earnings.
1972 - Joe Namath signed a record two-year, $500,000 contract with the New York Jets.
1973 - Struggling ABA franchise Virginia Squires trades star forward Julius Erving to the New York Nets for George Carter and cash.
1978 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds ended his streak of hitting in 44 consecutive games.
1986 - Bert Blyleven became only the 10th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters in his career.
1987 - Mike Tyson defeats Tony Tucker by decision in 12 rounds to become the first heavyweight boxer to hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles simultaneously.
1993 - Reggie Jackson was admitted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1996 - American track star Michael Johnson wins the 200 meter dash at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta in a world record time of 19.32 seconds; he also becomes the first man to win both the 200 meter and 400 meter races at the same Olympic Games.
1996 - Decathlete Dan O'Brien becomes the first American to win the event at an Olympics since Bruce Jenner in 1976.
2002 - In signing star linebacker Ray Lewis to a five-year contract extension, the Baltimore Ravens give him a $19 million signing bonus, then the largest in NFL history.
2005 - It was announced that Raphael Palmeiro would be suspended for 10 days after testing positive for steroid use. Palmeiro stood by his statements to the U.S. Congress on March 17, 2005, that he had never taken steroids.
2018 - Ohio State University placed football coach Urban Meyer on paid leave amid claims that his wife knew about allegations of domestic violence against an assistant coach years before the staff member was fired.
