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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_1" title="August 1">August 1</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lughnasadh" title="Lughnasadh">Lughnasadh</a></b> in the Northern Hemisphere; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buwan_ng_Wika" title="Buwan ng Wika">Buwan ng Wika</a></b> begins in the Philippines; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLA_Day" title="PLA Day">PLA Day</a></b> in China (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927" title="1927">1927</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_BC" title="30 BC">30 BC</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Actium" title="War of Actium">War of Actium</a>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Octavian</a></b> defeated the forces of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Antony" title="Mark Antony">Mark Antony</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra" title="Cleopatra">Cleopatra</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a>, establishing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Egypt" title="Roman Egypt">Roman Egypt</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/902" title="902">902</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Byzantine_wars" title="Arab–Byzantine wars">Arab–Byzantine wars</a>: Led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_II_of_Ifriqiya" title="Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya">Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aghlabids" title="Aghlabids">Aghlabid</a> forces captured the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> stronghold of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taormina" title="Taormina">Taormina</a>, concluding the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_Sicily" title="Muslim conquest of Sicily">Muslim conquest of Sicily</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1774" title="1774">1774</a> – British scientist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Priestley" title="Joseph Priestley">Joseph Priestley</a> liberated <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen" title="Oxygen">oxygen</a></b> gas, corroborating the discovery of the element by German-Swedish chemist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wilhelm_Scheele" title="Carl Wilhelm Scheele">Carl Wilhelm Scheele</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892" title="1892">1892</a> – Belgian carillonneur <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Denyn" title="Jef Denyn">Jef Denyn</a> hosted the world's first <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carillon" title="Carillon">carillon</a></b> concert at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Rumbold%27s_Cathedral" title="St. Rumbold's Cathedral">St. Rumbold's Cathedral</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechelen" title="Mechelen">Mechelen</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911" title="1911">1911</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Quimby" title="Harriet Quimby">Harriet Quimby</a></b> became the first woman to earn an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_Club_of_America" title="Aero Club of America">Aero Club of America</a> aviator certificate.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Randles" title="Elizabeth Randles">Elizabeth Randles</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1800); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Mitchell" title="Maria Mitchell">Maria Mitchell</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1818); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Litvyak" title="Lydia Litvyak">Lydia Litvyak</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1943); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdalqadir_as-Sufi" title="Abdalqadir as-Sufi">Abdalqadir as-Sufi</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2021)</p>
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