WHAT HAPPENED ON 1. AUGUST
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The Lombard Street Riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. (1. August 1842)

The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps. (1. August 1855)

Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state. (1. August 1876)

The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea. (1. August 1894)

The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement. (1. August 1907)

The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I. (1. August 1914)

The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. (1. August 1927)

Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor. (1. August 1937)

World War II: the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland. (1. August 1944)

Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason. (1. August 1946)

The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). (1. August 1957)

Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France. (1. August 1960)

Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan. (1. August 1960)

The Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (1. August 1964)

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization. (1. August 1961)

Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police. (1. August 1966)

Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. (1. August 1966)

The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei. (1. August 1968)

Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones. (1. August 1974)

CSCE Final Act creates the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe. (1. August 1975)