- 1927 Earliest date for a film to be considered for the Academy Awards
- 1934 2nd Venice Film Festival opens
- 1953 KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, Missouri (MET/ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1953 KOBI TV channel 5 in Medford, Oregon (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1954 WKBT TV channel 8 in La Crosse, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1955 WILL TV channel 12 in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1956 KRCR TV channel 7 in Redding-Chico, California (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1959 WAAY TV channel 31 in Huntsville, AL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1963 WQAD TV channel 8 in Moline, Illinois (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1967 WBRA TV channel 15 in Roanoke, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1968 WXIX TV channel 19 in Cincinnati-Newport, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1970 KTSD TV channel 10 in Pierre, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1970 2nd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at U.S. Grant Hotel
- 1971 CBS presents Masterpiece Theatre's 6 Wives of Henry VIII
- 1979 12th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at U.S. Grant Hotel
- 1981 MTV premieres at 12:01 AM
- 1985 Emmy 12th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 6th time
- 1985 18th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego
Event of Interest
1991 Actress Hedy Lamarr, aged 77 is arrested for shoplifting in Florida
Hedy Lamarr
Historic Publication
1996 George R.R. Martin publishes the epic fantasy novel "A Game of Thrones", the first in his series "A Song of Ice and Fire"
George R.R. Martin
- 2002 35th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
August in History
Swimming Pool Diplomacy: Khrushchev, Mao and the Sino-Soviet Split
Diplomacy requires a lot of skill, but not normally the ability to swim. Much to Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev's horror when he met Mao Zedong in 1958.
August 1, 1958The Strange, Mysterious Story of the Balloon Expedition to the North Pole
The discovery of Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée's tragic, long-lost polar expedition in 1930 led to more questions than answers.
August 5, 1930A Pill to Cure All Ills
Not well? Take a Beecham’s Pill was often the advice. So popular was it that nobody doubted it’s extravagant claim in the world’s first advertising slogan.
August 6, 1859Why Mata Hari Was Not the Spy You Thought She Was
The controversial life and death of Mata Hari, the glamorous WWI double agent, executed in 1917, has recently been reassessed in the light of new evidence.
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