{"id":22996,"date":"2020-08-01T06:04:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T00:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=22996"},"modified":"2020-07-31T18:14:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T12:44:51","slug":"history-of-1-august-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-1-august-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 1 August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1993 &#8211; Reggie Jackson was admitted\ninto the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.<\/li><li>1995 &#8211; Westinghouse Electric\nCorporation announced a deal to buy CBS for $5.4 billion.<\/li><li>1998 &#8211; The U.S. books and music\nchain Borders opens its first European outlet with a 40,000-square-foot store\non London&#8217;s Oxford Street.<\/li><li>2006 &#8211; Cuban leader Fidel Castro\nturned over absolute power when he gave his brother Raul authority while he\nunderwent an intestinal surgery. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2007&nbsp;\u2013 The&nbsp;I-35W Mississippi River\n     bridge&nbsp;spanning the&nbsp;Mississippi River&nbsp;in&nbsp;Minneapolis,\n     Minnesota, collapses during the evening&nbsp;rush hour, killing 13 people\n     and injuring 145.<\/li><li>2008&nbsp;\u2013 The&nbsp;Beijing\u2013Tianjin Intercity\n     Railway&nbsp;begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the\n     world.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2008 \u2013 Eleven mountaineers from international\n     expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in&nbsp;the\n     worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.<\/li><li>2017&nbsp;\u2013 A&nbsp;suicide attack&nbsp;on a mosque in\n     Herat,&nbsp;Afghanistan&nbsp;kills 20 people.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1981\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Dean Cox, Australian footballer<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Pia Haraldsen, Norwegian journalist and author<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Christofer Heimeroth, German footballer<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Stephen Hunt, Irish footballer<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Jamie Jones-Buchanan, English rugby player<\/li><li>1982\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Basem Fathi, Jordanian footballer<\/li><li>1982 \u2013\u00a0Montserrat Lombard, English actress, director, and screenwriter<\/li><li>1983\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bobby Carpenter, American football player<\/li><li>1983 \u2013\u00a0Craig Clarke, New Zealand rugby player<\/li><li>1983 \u2013\u00a0Julien Faubert, French footballer<\/li><li>1983 \u2013\u00a0David Gervasi, Swiss decathlete<\/li><li>1984\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Steve Feak, American game designer<\/li><li>1984 \u2013\u00a0Francesco Gavazzi, Italian cyclist<\/li><li>1984 \u2013\u00a0Brandon Kintzler, American baseball player<\/li><li>1984 \u2013\u00a0Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer<\/li><li>1985\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Stuart Holden, Scottish-American soccer player<\/li><li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Adam Jones, American baseball player<\/li><li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Cole Kimball, American baseball player<\/li><li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Tendai Mtawarira, South African rugby player<\/li><li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Kris Stadsgaard, Danish footballer<\/li><li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Du\u0161an \u0160vento, Slovak footballer<\/li><li>1986\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Damien Allen, English footballer<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Anton Str\u00e5lman, Swedish ice hockey player<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Andrew Taylor, English footballer<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Mike Wallace, American football player<\/li><li>1987\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Iago Aspas, Spanish footballer<\/li><li>1987 \u2013\u00a0Karen Carney, English women&#8217;s football winger<\/li><li>1987 \u2013\u00a0S\u00e9bastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer<\/li><li>1987 \u2013\u00a0Lee Wallace, Scottish footballer<\/li><li>1988\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mustafa Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer<\/li><li>1988 \u2013\u00a0Patryk Ma\u0142ecki, Polish footballer<\/li><li>1988 \u2013\u00a0Bodene Thompson, New Zealand rugby league player<\/li><li>1989\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Madison Bumgarner, American baseball player<\/li><li>1989 \u2013\u00a0Tiffany Hwang, Korean American singer, songwriter, and actress<\/li><li>1990\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Aledmys D\u00edaz, Cuban baseball player<\/li><li>1990 \u2013\u00a0Jean Hugues Gregoire, Mauritian swimmer<\/li><li>1990 \u2013\u00a0Elton Jantjies, South African rugby player<\/li><li>1991\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Piotr Malarczyk, Polish footballer<\/li><li>1991 \u2013\u00a0Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer<\/li><li>1992\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Austin Rivers, American basketball player<\/li><li>1992 \u2013\u00a0Mrunal Thakur, Indian actress<\/li><li>1993\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00c1lex Abrines, Spanish basketball player<\/li><li>1993 \u2013\u00a0Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer<\/li><li>1994\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player<\/li><li>1994 \u2013\u00a0Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer<\/li><li>1996\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Katie Boulter, English tennis player<\/li><li>2001\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Park Si-eun, South Korean actress<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1993 &#8211; Reggie Jackson was admitted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. 1995 &#8211; Westinghouse Electric Corporation announced a deal to buy CBS for $5.4 billion. 1998 &#8211; The U.S. books and music chain Borders opens its first European outlet with a 40,000-square-foot store on London&#8217;s Oxford Street. 2006 &#8211; Cuban leader 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