On This Day
August 1
Girlfriends Day
1831 The opening day of London Bridge
1876 Colorado becomes the 38th U.S. state p
1936 The opening of the Olympic Games in Berlin Germany
1941 The first Jeep hits the production line
1942 Race riots start in New York
1944 Anna Frank makes her last entry into her diary
1954 Rear Window opens in movie theatres directed by Alfred Hitchcock
1957 NORAD program begins
1958 The Hanna & Barbara cartoon Tom & Jerry is released
1960 The song The Twist is released by Chubby Checker.
1971 The debut of TV show Sonny and Cher Hour
1973 The premiere of the George Lucas film America Graffiti.
1980 MTV hits TV screens the first video they play is Video Killed the Radio Star.
Happy Birthday
1893 Alexander of Greece
1933 Dom DeLuise actor comedian
1959 Joe Elliott musician in the band Def Leopard
1960 Chuck D Rapper, Activist in The band Public Enemy
1960 Professor Griff Rapper,Activist in The band Public Enemy
1963 Coolio rapper
1972 Devon Hughes D-Von Dudley Pro Wrestler 9 x WWE / WWF Tag Team Championship, WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2018
1976 Kate Norby actress The Devil’s Rejects
1989 Devanny Pinn actress
1992 Scarlet Red actress
http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/august/
http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/tdifh/index.cfm?historymonthx=8&Historydayx=1
http://www.focusfeatures.com/flashback/?bylinedate=2009-08-01
http://www.noiseaddicts.com/today-in-music-history/?history_day=1&history_month=8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_1
