August 1
1790 - The first U.S. census was completed, showing a 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 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, 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. (Whitman, who had also slain his wife and mother hours earlier, was finally gunned down by police.)
1975 - A 35-nation summit in 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 cable television debut; the first video shown was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.
1994 - Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley confirmed they'd been secretly married 11 weeks earlier. (Presley filed for divorce from Jackson in January 1996 citing irreconcilable differences.)
2007 - The eight-lane Interstate 35W bridge, a major Minneapolis artery, collapsed into the Mississippi River during evening rush hour, killing 13 people.
2011 - The U.S. 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.
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.
2017 - By a 92-5 vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's nomination of Christopher Wray as FBI director, replacing James Comey, who Trump fired amid the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign.
Birthdays
28 - Mary Jon Nelson (actress)
36 - Elijah Kelley (actress)
37 - Lorinska Merrington (model)
41 - Taylor Fry (actress)
41 - Parker Angel (actor)
43 - Jason Momoa (actor)
49 - Tempestt Bledsoe (actress)
50 - Charles Malik Whitfield (actor)
52 - Jennifer Gareis (actress)
56 - George Ducas (singer)
57 - Sam Mendes (director)
59 - John Carroll Lynch (actor)
59 - Coolio (rapper)
62 - Chuck D (rapper)
63 - Joe Elliott (singer)
64 - Michael Penn (singer)
72 - Roy Williams (basketball coach)
91 - Jack Elliott (singer)
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Today in Sports History - August 1
1933 - New York Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell sets MLB record for consecutive scoreless innings at 45 1/3 as Giants lose 3-1 to the Boston Braves.
1936 - Adolf Hitler presided over the opening of the Berlin Olympic Games.
1945 - Mel Ott hit his 500th career home run.
1971 - In winning the Dixie 500 in Atlanta, Richard Petty becomes the first driver in NASCAR history to accumulate $1 million in career earnings.
1972 - Joe Namath signed a two-year contract worth $500,000 with the New York Jets.
1978 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds ended his streak of hitting in 44 consecutive games.
1986 - Bert Blyleven of the Minnesota Twins becomes only the 10th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters in his career.
1987 - Mike Tyson defeats Tony Tucker in points in 12 rounds in a heavyweight boxing unification match in Las Vegas; he becomes the first to hold the WBA, WBC and IBF heavyweight titles simultaneously.
1993 - Reggie Jackson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1994 - Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles joins Lou Gehrig as the only players in MLB history to appear in 2,000 consecutive games.
1996 - American sprinter Michael Johnson wins the 200 meters at the Atlanta Olympic Games in a world record time of 19.32 seconds and becomes the first man to complete a 200-400 double at the Olympics.
1996 - The U.S. women's soccer team defeats China 2-1 to win the inaugural gold medal for women's soccer at the Atlanta Olympic Games.
1996 - Dan O'Brien wins the decathlon gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics to become America's first Olympic decathlete champion since Bruce Jenner in 1976.
2001 - Pro Bowl tackle Korey Stringer, age 27, died of a heat stroke, a day after collapsing at the Minnesota Vikings' training camp on the hottest day of the year.
2002 - The Baltimore Ravens sign linebacker Ray Lewis to a five-year extension which included a $19 million signing bonus, at the time 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.
2012 - Four teams from China, South Korea and Indonesia were kicked out of the women’s badminton doubles at the London Olympics for trying to lose on purpose in order to earn an easier matchup in the knockout round.
1790 - The first U.S. census was completed, showing a 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 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, 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. (Whitman, who had also slain his wife and mother hours earlier, was finally gunned down by police.)
1975 - A 35-nation summit in 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 cable television debut; the first video shown was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.
1994 - Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley confirmed they'd been secretly married 11 weeks earlier. (Presley filed for divorce from Jackson in January 1996 citing irreconcilable differences.)
2007 - The eight-lane Interstate 35W bridge, a major Minneapolis artery, collapsed into the Mississippi River during evening rush hour, killing 13 people.
2011 - The U.S. 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.
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.
2017 - By a 92-5 vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's nomination of Christopher Wray as FBI director, replacing James Comey, who Trump fired amid the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign.
Birthdays
28 - Mary Jon Nelson (actress)
36 - Elijah Kelley (actress)
37 - Lorinska Merrington (model)
41 - Taylor Fry (actress)
41 - Parker Angel (actor)
43 - Jason Momoa (actor)
49 - Tempestt Bledsoe (actress)
50 - Charles Malik Whitfield (actor)
52 - Jennifer Gareis (actress)
56 - George Ducas (singer)
57 - Sam Mendes (director)
59 - John Carroll Lynch (actor)
59 - Coolio (rapper)
62 - Chuck D (rapper)
63 - Joe Elliott (singer)
64 - Michael Penn (singer)
72 - Roy Williams (basketball coach)
91 - Jack Elliott (singer)
============================
Today in Sports History - August 1
1933 - New York Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell sets MLB record for consecutive scoreless innings at 45 1/3 as Giants lose 3-1 to the Boston Braves.
1936 - Adolf Hitler presided over the opening of the Berlin Olympic Games.
1945 - Mel Ott hit his 500th career home run.
1971 - In winning the Dixie 500 in Atlanta, Richard Petty becomes the first driver in NASCAR history to accumulate $1 million in career earnings.
1972 - Joe Namath signed a two-year contract worth $500,000 with the New York Jets.
1978 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds ended his streak of hitting in 44 consecutive games.
1986 - Bert Blyleven of the Minnesota Twins becomes only the 10th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters in his career.
1987 - Mike Tyson defeats Tony Tucker in points in 12 rounds in a heavyweight boxing unification match in Las Vegas; he becomes the first to hold the WBA, WBC and IBF heavyweight titles simultaneously.
1993 - Reggie Jackson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1994 - Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles joins Lou Gehrig as the only players in MLB history to appear in 2,000 consecutive games.
1996 - American sprinter Michael Johnson wins the 200 meters at the Atlanta Olympic Games in a world record time of 19.32 seconds and becomes the first man to complete a 200-400 double at the Olympics.
1996 - The U.S. women's soccer team defeats China 2-1 to win the inaugural gold medal for women's soccer at the Atlanta Olympic Games.
1996 - Dan O'Brien wins the decathlon gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics to become America's first Olympic decathlete champion since Bruce Jenner in 1976.
2001 - Pro Bowl tackle Korey Stringer, age 27, died of a heat stroke, a day after collapsing at the Minnesota Vikings' training camp on the hottest day of the year.
2002 - The Baltimore Ravens sign linebacker Ray Lewis to a five-year extension which included a $19 million signing bonus, at the time 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.
2012 - Four teams from China, South Korea and Indonesia were kicked out of the women’s badminton doubles at the London Olympics for trying to lose on purpose in order to earn an easier matchup in the knockout round.
