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August 1st, 2033	Event	Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
August 1st, 2007	Event	The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapsed during the evening rush hour.
August 1st, 2004	Event	A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 in Asuncion, Paraguay.
August 1st, 2001	Event	An agreement is reached on the position of the minority Albanian language in the Republic of Macedonia.
August 1st, 2001	Event	Bulgaria, Cyprus, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia and Slovakia join the European Environment Agency.
August 1st, 2001	Event	Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a Ten Commandments monument installed in the judiciary building, leading to a lawsuit to have it removed and his own removal from office.
August 1st, 1996	Event	Michael Johnson breaks the 200m world record by 0.30 seconds with a time of 19.32 seconds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
August 1st, 1993	Event	The Great Flood of 1993 comes to a peak. The Mississippi River crested at St. Louis, hitting a record 49.58 feet above flood stage. The Missouri River would peak the next day (August 2) in St. Charles, Missouri at a record 39.6 feet above flood stage.
August 1st, 1981	Event	MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles.
August 1st, 1980	Event	Buttevant Rail Disaster kills 18 and injures dozens of train passengers in Ireland.

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