History for August 1

History for August 1 - On-This-Day.com
Francis Scott Key 1779 , Herman Melville 1819, Arthur Hill 1922 


Dom DeLuise 1933, Yves Saint Laurent 1936, Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) 1942 


1774 - Oxygen was isolated from air successfully by chemist Carl Wilhelm and scientist Joseph Priestly.


1834 - Slavery was outlawed in the British empire with an emancipation bill.


1893 - Shredded wheat was patented by Henry Perky and William Ford.


1907 - The U.S. Army established an aeronautical division that later became the U.S. Air Force.


1914 - Germany declared war on Russia at the beginning of World War I.


1936 - Adolf Hitler presided over the Olympic games as they opened in Berlin.


1943 - In the Solomon Islands, the U.S. Navy patrol torpedo boat PT-109 sank after being hit by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri. The boat was under the command of Lt. John F. Kennedy. Eleven of the thirteen crew survived.


1944 - In Warsaw, Poland, an uprising against Nazi occupation began. The revolt continued until October 2 when Polish forces surrendered.