📜 This Day in History
August 1
30 BCWar of Actium: Octavian defeated the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Alexandria, establishing Roman Egypt.- 1774British scientist Joseph Priestley liberated oxygen gas, corroborating the discovery of the element by the German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
- 1814Britain celebrated the Grand Jubilee to mark 100 years since the accession of George I and 16 years since the start of the Battle of the Nile.
- 1911Harriet Quimby became the first woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator certificate.
- 1981"Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles became the first music video broadcast on the American cable television network MTV.
- 2009A shooting at a branch of the Israeli LGBT organization the Aguda in Tel Aviv resulted in two deaths.
