Fourteen-year-old Tara Lipinski became the youngest U.S. national figure skating champion
Lipinski shattered the previous age record by two years and went on to become the youngest individual gold medalist in Winter Olympics history in 1998...
August 1 in History
Significant events that happened on this day.
Historical Events
1996
1944
Anne Frank wrote her final diary entry before her family's arrest
MajorJust three days before being discovered in her Amsterdam hiding place, 15-year-old Anne Frank penned her last words in the diary that would become one...
1936
The Summer Olympics opened in Berlin, becoming a propaganda tool for Nazi Germany
MajorHitler attempted to use the games to demonstrate Aryan supremacy, but African American athlete Jesse Owens won four gold medals, undermining the Nazi...
1914
Germany declared war on Russia, expanding World War I beyond the Balkans
MajorAfter Russia refused to halt its mobilization, Germany's declaration transformed a regional conflict into a continental war. Within days, Germany woul...
1907
The world's first Scout camp was held on Brownsea Island
Robert Baden-Powell brought together 20 boys from different social classes for an experimental camping trip that tested his ideas about outdoor educat...
1894
The First Sino-Japanese War began over control of Korea
This conflict marked Japan's emergence as a modern military power and led to the decline of China's Qing Dynasty. Japan's victory shocked the world an...
1876
Colorado became the 38th U.S. state, earning the nickname 'Centennial State'
Colorado's admission came exactly 100 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed. President Ulysses S. Grant proclaimed Colorado a state j...
1834
Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire
MajorThe Slavery Abolition Act came into effect, freeing over 800,000 enslaved people in British colonies. The government paid £20 million to compensate sl...
1798
Admiral Nelson won the Battle of the Nile, destroying Napoleon's fleet in Egypt
In a brilliant night attack, Nelson trapped the French fleet in Aboukir Bay and destroyed or captured 11 of 13 ships of the line. This victory strande...
1786
The first scheduled balloon flight in America was made over Philadelphia
French aeronaut François Blanchard ascended in a hydrogen balloon with a small black dog, a cat, and a pigeon as passengers. The 15-minute flight land...
1774
Oxygen was discovered independently by Joseph Priestley
MajorThe English chemist isolated oxygen gas by heating mercuric oxide, though he called it 'dephlogisticated air' and didn't fully understand what he'd fo...
1714
George I became King of Great Britain despite speaking almost no English
The German-born monarch ascended to the British throne and communicated with his ministers in French, as he never learned English fluently. He spent m...