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The1st o Augustis the 213rd day o the year (214t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 152 days ti come.

Events

30 BC-Mark Antonycommits suicide.
1291- Offeecial foondin date oSwisserland.
1408-Christopher Columbusvisits present-dayVenezuela.
1714-George Ibecomes King oGreat Breetain.
1747-Kiltsantartanar banned efter theseicont Jacobite uprisin.
1759-Seiven Years' War:Breetish,HanoveriananProushieforces defeat the French in theBattleo Minden.
1800- The Acts o Union o1800are signed, tae jynIrelandwiGreat Breetaintae form theUnitit Kinrick.
1834- Slavery is abolished in theBreetish Empire.
1855- Charles Hudson becomes the first person tae successfully climb theDufourspitze,Swisserland's heichest moontain on theMonte Rosamassif.
1876-Coloradobecomes the 38t state o theUnitit States.
1907- The first Scout camp is set up on Brownsea Island,Dorset,Ingland.
1914-Warld War I:Germanydeclares war onRoushie.
1936- Stairt o the1936 Simmer OlympicsinBerlin.
1944- TheWarsawUprisin stairts.
1944-Anne Frankwrites the last entry in her diary.
1952-Asgeir Asgeirssonbecomes the 2ntPresesoIceland.
1960- Dahomey, nouBenin,gains unthirldom fraeFraunce.
1960-Islamabadis declared the federal caipital oPakistan.
1968-Kristján Eldjárnbecomes the 3rdPresesoIceland.
1980-Vigdís Finnbogadóttirbecomes the 4tPresesoIceland;she is the first democratically-electit female Heid o State.
1980- A train crash in CoontyCork,Republic o Ireland,kills 18 fowk.
1996-Olafur Ragnar Grimssonbecomes the 5tPresesoIceland.
2000-Moshe KatsavbecomesPresesoIsrael.
2004- Afireat a supermercat inAsuncion,Paraguay,kills 396 fowk.
2005-Abdullah o Saudi Arabiebecomes King.
2007- The I-35WMississippi RiverBrig inMinneapoliscollapses, killin 13 fowk.
2008- 11 climbers die in a single day onK2.
2009-Anders Fogh Rasmussenbecomes Secretary-General oNATO.
2015-IndieanBangladeshswap 162 exclaves aroond thair mairch.
2017-Jacinda Ardernbecomes leader o theNew ZealandLabour Pairty; she becomesPrime meenister in October.
2017-Shahid Khaqan AbbasibecomesPrime meenisteroPakistan.
2018- Violent clashes occur inHarareower the delay in the declaration oZimbabwe's Preses election result.
2019- AHouthiatteck on a militar parade inAden,Yemen,kills 32 fowk.
2019- Whaley Bridge,Derbyshire,Ingland,is evacuatit ower heavy rain damage tae a local dam.
2019-Jane Doddso theLeeberal Democratswins the Brecon an Radnorshire bi-election inWales,cuttin Conservative UK Prime meenisterBoris Johnson's wirkin majority tae just ane.
2020- MairCOVID-19restreections are loosened inScotland:Edinburgh CastleanStirlin Castleare permittit tae re-appen, an professional fitbaw resumes.