At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. Date: August 2, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement. Date: August 1, 1907 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1907 📅 On This Day (Today)
Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate. Date: August 1, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1911 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I. Date: August 1, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire. Date: August 1, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
Patrick Pearse gives his famous speech "Ireland unfree shall never be at peace" at O'Donovan Rossa's funeral in Dublin. Date: August 1, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. Date: August 1, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day…
Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona. Date: August 1, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler. Date: August 1, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)
Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor. Date: August 1, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)