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Happy Birthday to the Emperor #Claudius, born 1 August 10 BCE in Gaul. Roman Emperor from 41-54 CE, and the first to be born outside Italy. #Rome

1 August 2023: Then former US President Donald Trump was indicted for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack. #History #USA www.justice.gov/storage/US_v...

1 August 1984: The preserved bog body of Lindow Man was discovered by commercial peat-cutters at Lindow Moss in Cheshire. #History

1 August 1981: The #Music Television ( #MTV ) channel began broadcasting in the United States. #History

1 August 1976: Racing in wet conditions at the German Grand Prix at Nürburgring, Austrian racing driver Niki Lauda crashed his Ferrari 312T2 in an horrific accident that almost killed him. #History #F1

1 August 1965: The novel, #Dune, by Frank Herbert was published by Chilton Books in the United States. #History #Literature

1 August 1944: Anne Frank wrote the final entry in her diary. #History #WW2 #Holocaust

1 August 1944: The #Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation began in Warsaw, #Poland. #History #WW2

1 August 1936: Adolf Hitler opened the Olympic Games in #Berlin. #History #Olympics

1 August 1914: The German Empire declared war on #Russia. #History #WW1

1 August 1861: The first public weather forecast by the Meteorological Office appeared in The Times newspaper. #History

1 August 1834: Slavery was abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into force. #History #Slavery

1 August 1800: The Act of Union (Ireland) was passed by the Parliament of #Ireland. This, together with the Union with Ireland Act, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on 2 July 1800, merged Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. #History #UK

1 August 1798: The Battle of the Nile began when a British fleet commanded by Rear-Admiral Horatio #Nelson engaged the French Navy at Aboukir Bay in #Egypt in an unusual night action. #History

1 August 1790: The first United States census was carried out. It recorded a a total population of 3,929,214. #History #USA

1 August 1759: The Battle of Minden. An Anglo-German force defeated a French army. The victory was just one in the "Year of Victories". #History

1 August 1714: George, Elector of Hanover, became King George I of Great Britain on the death of Queen Anne. #History #Georgian

1 August 1571: The city of Famagusta surrendered to a besieging Ottoman army. This completed the #Ottoman conquest of #Cyprus from the Venetian Republic. #History

1 August 1192: Richard the Lionheart landed at Jaffa with a small force of knights and crossbowmen, and defeated the besieging army of Saladin. #History #Crusades

1 August 527: Justinian I became the sole ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire. #History #Byzantine