August 1: Lughnasadh (Northern Hemisphere); Imbolc (Southern Hemisphere); Independence Day in Benin (1960); Civic Holiday in most areas of Canada (2016); Lammas in England and Scotland
US President George H. W. Bush
- 1291 – Three Swiss cantons signed the Federal Charter to create the Old Swiss Confederacy.
- 1798 – French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile started between a British fleet commanded by Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson and a French fleet under Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers.
- 1834 – The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into force, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire.
- 1966 – Charles Whitman climbed the University of Texas at Austin tower and went on a shooting spree at the school, killing 10 with sniper fire before being shot and killed by police.
- 1991 – US President George H. W. Bush (pictured) delivered a speech in the parliament of the Ukrainian SSR in which he warned against Ukrainian independence.
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