August 1st

August 1 is the 214th day of the year.  There are 152 days remaining until the end of the year.

607 Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China and breaks up the band

1619 American culture begins: 1st African slaves (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia, and nothing will ever be the same in the hemisphere! Word.

1664 The Ottoman Empire is overwhelmed and defeated in the Battle of Saint Gotthard

1800 The Act of Union 1800 is passed in which gay marries the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

1869 1st trip down Colorado River

1896 Lovers George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen complete rowing Atlantic (New York to England)

1907 First day of the Brownsea Island Camp, where Robert Baden-Powell begins scouting...young men and boys.

1941 The first Jeep is produced to qualify for the Clunker Bonus 68 years later

1944 Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation breaks out in Warsaw (duh), Poland.

 

1960 Finally breaking free of the conformity of the 1950s, everybody starts getting twisted on this day

 

1981 Ladies and Gentlemen, Rock ‘n’ Roll.

1982 Greg Louganis becomes 1st diver to score more than 700 points (752.67) in 11 dives

2007 The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour with only 13 fatalities. The event does not disrupt the World Series. The replacement bridge opens to traffic 13 months later.

1930 Lionel Bart, very hairy gay English songwriter, composed music and lyrics (as well as wrote the book) for the musical "Oliver!"

1938 Yves Saint Laurent, gay French fashion designer 

1949 Jim Carroll, gay US writer/poet/musician/The Basketball Diaries 

1958 Adrian Dunbar, Irish actor  

1963 Demian Bichir, Mexican actor  

1964 Steve York, US pornographic actor  

1968 Miss J Alexander [Alexander Jenkins], gay transvestite US model/model coach  

1973 Les Hill, Australian actor  

1973 Eduardo Noriega, yummy, yummy, yummy Spanish actor  

1979 Jason Momoa, Spanish soccer player/actor/model 

1980 Romain Barras, French decathlete/model  

1980 Brett Chukerman, US actor 

1990 Jack O'Connell, English actor 

30BCE Marc Antony lends his guts when Octavian captures Alexandria, but not to praise him

1983 Peter Arne [Albrecht], gay English actor (Straw Dogs), experiences the danger from without

1992 Kenny Sacha, gay US actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), succumbs to AIDS at 39

2004 Alexandra Scott, young US philanthropist who raised over $700,000 for cancer research in 4 years by selling lemonade, overcharges St. Peter for a cup