August 1st, 1950

Born on August 1st, 1950

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What happened on August 1st, 1950?

August 1st, 1950

Guam is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.

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What else happened on August 1st?

August 1st, 2009

A shooting at a branch of the Israeli LGBT organization the Aguda in Tel Aviv resulted in two deaths.

August 1st, 2007

Bridge 9340, carrying Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, suffered a catastrophic failure and collapsed, killing 13 people and injuring 145 others.

August 1st, 2004

Nearly 400 people died in a supermarket fire in Asunción, Paraguay, when exits were locked to prevent people from stealing merchandise.

August 1st, 1991

U.S. president George H. W. Bush delivered a speech in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev warning against independence from the Soviet Union.

August 1st, 1984

Commercial peat cutters discovered a preserved bog body, now known as Lindow Man (head pictured), at Lindow Moss in Cheshire, England.

August 1st, 1981

"Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles became the first music video broadcast on the American cable television network MTV.

August 1st, 1971

The Concert for Bangladesh, a pair of benefit concerts organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar for refugees of the Bangladesh genocide, took place at Madison Square Garden in New York.

August 1st, 1946

Several days of anti-Jewish rioting began in Bratislava, instigated by former Slovak partisans opposed to the restitution of Jewish property after the Holocaust in Slovakia.

August 1st, 1911

Harriet Quimby became the first woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator certificate.

August 1st, 1892

Belgian carillonneur Jef Denyn hosted the world's first carillon concert at St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen.

August 1st, 1876

Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.

August 1st, 1842

Three days of rioting erupted after a parade in Philadelphia, celebrating the end of slavery in the West Indies, was attacked by a mob.

August 1st, 1814

Britain celebrated a Grand Jubilee to mark 100 years since the accession of George I and 16 years since the start of the Battle of the Nile.

August 1st, 1801

First Barbary War: USS Enterprise, an American schooner, captured the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of Libya.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 1st

Born on August 1st, 1950

73

Loles León

Spain actress

*August 1st, 1950, Barcelona

73

Roy Williams

American basketball player and coach

*August 1st, 1950, Marion

73

Stephan Braunfels

German architect

*August 1st, 1950, Überlingen

73

Annegrit Arens

German screenwriter and author

*August 1st, 1950, Cologne

73

Cindy Cassell

Actress, born 1950

*August 1st, 1950, Alameda

73

John Leahy

Businessperson

*August 1st, 1950, New York City

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 1st?

48

Ane Dahl Torp

Norwegian actress

*August 1st, 1975, Bærum Municipality

69

Benno Möhlmann

German association football player and manager

*August 1st, 1954, Lohne

50

Zoran Đinđić

Serbian politician (1952−2003)

*August 1st, 1952, Šamac †March 12th, 2003, Belgrade

58

Sam Mendes

British stage and film director (born 1965)

*August 1st, 1965, Reading

62

Danny Blind

Dutch association football player and manager (* 1961)

*August 1st, 1961, Oost-Souburg

60

John Carroll Lynch

American character actor and film director

*August 1st, 1963, Boulder

69

Keith Taylor

British politician (1953-2022)

*August 1st, 1953, Rochford †October 31st, 2022

84

Terry Kiser

American actor

*August 1st, 1939, Omaha

39

Bastian Schweinsteiger

German association football player

*August 1st, 1984, Kolbermoor

74

Kurmanbek Bakiyev

Kyrgyzstani politician

*August 1st, 1949, Masadan

90

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

Former King of Saudi Arabia (1924-2015)

*August 1st, 1924, Riyadh †January 23rd, 2015, Riyadh

73

Ronnie Cocks

Maltese footballer and coach (1943-2017)

*August 1st, 1943, Gżira †May 16th, 2017, Gżira

93

Shimon Peres

Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister and then President of Israel (1923-2016)

*August 1st, 1923, Višnieva †September 28th, 2016, Sheba Medical Center

74

Santiago Ramos

Spanish actor

*August 1st, 1949, Boadilla

61

Julie Bovasso

American actress (1930-1991)

*August 1st, 1930, Brooklyn †September 14th, 1991, New York City

74

Ditmar Staffelt

German politician

*August 1st, 1949, Berlin

84

Arthur Hill

Canadian actor (1922–2006)

*August 1st, 1922, Melfort †October 22nd, 2006, Los Angeles

59

Coolio

American rapper and actor (1963–2022)

*August 1st, 1963, Monessen †September 28th, 2022, Los Angeles

78

Douglas Osheroff

American physicist

*August 1st, 1945, Aberdeen

66

Beate Merk

German politician

*August 1st, 1957, Nordhorn

Same year
Born in 1950

67

Jeff Lowe

American mountain climber

*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

73

Annette Badland

English actress

*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

73

Narendra Modi

14th Prime Minister of India

*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

74

Billy Currie

British multi-instrumentalist

*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

73

Øivind Blunck

Norwegian actor and comedian

*December 28th, 1950, Norway

73

Wayne Eagling

Canadian ballet dancer

*November 27th, 1950, Montreal

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

73

Pedro Barceló

Spanish historian of classical antiquity

*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

73

Harriet Walter

British actress

*September 24th, 1950, London

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 1st

Fixed holidays (Emancipation Day is commemorated in many parts of the former British Empire, which marks the day the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into effect which abolished chattel slavery in the British Empire, Christian feast day, The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere) which are celebrated on August 1st.

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Born on August 1st, 1950
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1950 is a normal year and no leap year.

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