On this day: 1 August

Selected events and births on 1 August, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1714 – George Louis, Elector of Hanover, became King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era. Read more: Electorate of Hanover George I of Great Britain Georgian era
• 1774 – British scientist Joseph Priestley liberated oxygen gas, corroborating the discovery of the element by the German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. Read more: Joseph Priestley Oxygen Carl Wilhelm Scheele
• 1876 – Colorado was admitted as the 38th U.S. state. Read more: Colorado U.S. state
• 1892 – Jef Denyn hosted the world's first carillon concert at St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium. Read more: Jef Denyn Carillon St. Rumbold's Cathedral
• 1911 – Harriet Quimby became the first woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator certificate. Read more: Harriet Quimby Aero Club of America
• 1984 – Commercial peat cutters discovered a preserved bog body, now known as Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss in Cheshire, England. Read more: Peat Bog body Lindow Man
• 1991 – U.S. president George H. W. Bush delivered a speech in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev warning against independence from the Soviet Union. Read more: George H. W. Bush Chicken Kiev speech Verkhovna Rada

Born on this day

• 1940 – Henry Silverman, American businessman, founded Cendant Read more: Henry Silverman Cendant
• 1945 – Jens Juul Holst, Danish physician and physiologist known for discovering GLP-1 Read more: Jens Juul Holst Glucagon-like peptide-1
• 1945 – Douglas Osheroff, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Douglas Osheroff Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1948 – Avi Arad, Israeli-American screenwriter and producer, founded Marvel Studios Read more: Avi Arad Marvel Studios
• 1949 – Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan Read more: Kurmanbek Bakiyev President of Kyrgyzstan
• 1996 – Katie Boulter, British tennis player Read more: Katie Boulter
• 2000 – Kim Chaewon, South Korean singer Read more: Kim Chaewon
• 2001 – Scottie Barnes, American basketball player Read more: Scottie Barnes
• 2001 – Park Si-eun, South Korean actress Read more: Park Si-eun (entertainer)
• 2001 – Ben Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player Read more: Ben Trbojevic
• 2002 – Alejandro Francés, Spanish footballer Read more: Alejandro Francés
• 2003 – Joseph Sua'ali'i, Australian-Samoan rugby league player Read more: Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i

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