Remembrance on August 01:
International Event:
1291 - Everlasting League formed the basis of the Swiss Confederation.
1732 - Foundation laid for Bank of England.
1774 - Priestly discovered oxygen.
1785 - Caroline Herschel became the first woman discoverer of a comet.
1790 - First population census was taken in the USA.
1793 - France became the first country to use the metric system.
1842 - Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opened.
1852 - San Francisco Methodists established the first black church.
1861 - Brazil recognized Confederacy.
1867 - Blacks vote for the first time in a state election in South.
1873 - San Francisco's first cable car started service.
1876 - Colorado became the 38th state in the USA.
1883 - Inland postal service started in Great Britain.
1907 - Signal Corps of U.S. Army started aircraft division.
1907 - First branch of Bank of Italy opened in San Francisco.
1916 - Hawaii National Park formed.
1919 - Queen Wilhelmina opened the first Air Fair in Amsterdam.
1943 - Burma got independence from Japan.
1946 - President Truman established the Atomic Energy Commission.
1953 - California introduced sales tax for education.
1955 - First microgravity research started.
1960 - Benin got independence from France.
National Event:
1672 - East India Company and the English law was for the first time introduced in India.
1916 - Home Rule League Movement started.
1920 - Kirloskar's monthly magazine was published.
1957 - National Book Trust inaugurated.
1958 - Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave.
1970 - Bhopal University was established.
Days Observed on August 01:
Armed Forces Day - Lebanon and China
National Day - Benin and Switzerland
Parents' Day - Democratic Republic of the Congo
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