What happend on 1st August

31.07
02.08
1970

Powder Ridge Rock Festival

1967

Israel annexes East Jerusalem.

1966

Charles Whitman kills 15 people shooting from a tower at the University of Texas in Austin, in the United States, before being killed by the police.

1965

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands announces her engagement to Claus von Amsberg.

1961

Six Flags Over Texas, the first Six Flags park, opens.

1960

Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France

1957

The United States and Canada form the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).

1948

The U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations is founded.

1946

The Japanese Federation of Trade Unions is formed.

1945

Mel Ott becomes the third member of the 500 home run club with a home run at the Polo Grounds in New York, New York.