August 1st, 1951

Born on August 1st, 1951

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What 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, United States, suffered a catastrophic failure and collapsed (aftermath pictured), 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

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

August 1st, 1876

Colorado was 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.

August 1st, 1798

French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile, between a British fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson and a French fleet under François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, began at Aboukir Bay off the Egyptian coast.

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

Born on August 1st, 1951

25

Tommy Bolin

American guitarist (1951–1976)

*August 1st, 1951, Sioux City †December 4th, 1976, Miami

74

Pete Mackanin

American baseball player, coach, manager

*August 1st, 1951, Chicago

Same year
Born in 1951

74

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

74

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

75

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

75

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

75

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

74

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

75

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

75

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

74

Michelle Bachelet

President of Chile

*September 29th, 1951, La Cisterna

74

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

74

Louis van Gaal

Dutch footballer and manager (born 1951)

*August 8th, 1951, Amsterdam

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer (1951–2017)

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

75

Otto Hünnerkopf

German politician

*March 14th, 1951, Wiesentheid

74

Edie McClurg

American comedian and actress

*July 23rd, 1951, Kansas City

75

Ben Feringa

Dutch Nobel laureate in chemistry

*May 18th, 1951, Barger-Compascuum

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, 1951
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1951 is a normal year and no leap year.

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