Daily Calendar for Wednesday, August 1, 2029

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Wednesday, August 1, 2029

Died

  • Queen Anne of Great Britain
  • Frances Farmer (actress)
  • Tommy Makem (folk singer)
  • Naomi Sims (first African American model on the cover of Ladies’ Home Journal)

Born

  • William Clark (Lewis and Clark explorer)
  • Francis Scott Key (composer)
  • Maria Mitchell (astronomer)
  • Herman Melville (writer)
  • Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg (American-born Canadian astronomer )
  • Yves Saint Laurent (fashion designer)
  • Jerry Garcia (singer & songwriter)
  • Coolio (rapper)
  • Adam Duritz (musician)
  • Tempestt Bledsoe (actress)
  • Jason Momoa (actor)

Events

  • The Riot Act went into effect in England
  • King William IV and Queen Adelaide opened the new London Bridge
  • Colorado admitted to the Union as the 38th state
  • Diamonds found in Arkansas
  • John F. Kennedy published his first book, Why England Slept
  • Anne Frank wrote her last diary entry
  • MTV debuted. The first video played was Video Killed The Radio Star” by Buggles”

Weather

  • A 16-inch snow cover remained at 5,550 feet on Mount Rainier, Washington
  • Thunderstorms in Cheyenne, Wyoming, dropped 6.06 inches of rain in three hours, resulting in flash flooding that killed 12 and caused $61.1 million in damages.
  • The Missouri River crested at 49.47 feet in St. Louis, Missouri