August 1st, 2006

Born on August 1st, 2006

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Same year
Born in 2006

20

Angelina Jordan

Norwegian singer

*January 10th, 2006, Oslo

19

Milo J

Argentine rapper and singer

*October 25th, 2006, Morón

19

Mckenna Grace

American actress and singer

*June 25th, 2006, Grapevine

20

Matheu Hinzen

Dutch actor and singer

*May 12th, 2006, Antwerp

20

Xochitl Gomez

American actress (born 2006)

*April 29th, 2006, Los Angeles

20

Barron Trump

Son of Donald Trump and Melania Trump (born 2006)

*March 20th, 2006, Manhattan

20

David Alonso

Spanish-Colombian motorcycle racer

*April 25th, 2006, Madrid

20

Michał Gurgul

Polish footballer

*January 30th, 2006, Poznań

19

Paul Seixas

French cyclist

*September 24th, 2006, 7th arrondissement of Lyon

20

Kyle Alessandro

Norwegian singer

*March 10th, 2006, Levanger

20

Lucas Bergvall

Swedish association football player (born 2006)

*February 2nd, 2006, Stockholm

19

Prince Hisahito of Akishino

Japanese prince

*September 6th, 2006, Aiiku Hospital

20

Josh Pierson

American racing driver

*February 14th, 2006, Portland

19

Huang Yuting

Chinese sport shooter (born 2006)

*September 3rd, 2006, Taizhou

19

Allen Obando

Ecuadorian footballer

*June 13th, 2006, Quito

19

Ángel Barajas

Colombian gymnast

*August 12th, 2006, Cúcuta

20

Yang Min-hyuk

South Korean association football player

*April 16th, 2006, Gwangju

19

Sara Saito

Japanese tennis player

*October 3rd, 2006, Japan

20

Windy Zhan

Hong Kong female singer and a member of the Hong Kong girl group After Class

*March 2nd, 2006, Hong Kong

19

Kaylia Nemour

French-Algerian artistic gymnast

*December 30th, 2006, Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt

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.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on August 1st, 2006
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 2006 is a normal year and no leap year.

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