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August 1

4 sourced moments from August 1 in history: Priestley isolated oxygen in 1774 but Scheele did it first; Slavery abolished across the British Empire (1834); The Warsaw Uprising began (1944), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on August 1

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1981 Culture & Arts · media-communication

MTV Launched and Rewired How Pop Music Was Sold

When a fledgling cable channel flipped on just after midnight, it turned the music video into the industry's most powerful marketing weapon.

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1944 History · War & Conflict

The Warsaw Uprising began

At 5 p.m. on a summer afternoon, Warsaw's underground army rose against German occupiers in a revolt meant to last days that stretched to 63.

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1834 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

Slavery abolished across the British Empire

On one summer morning in 1834 a single Act of Parliament began the legal end of slavery across most of the British Empire.

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1774 Science · Chemistry

Priestley isolated oxygen in 1774 but Scheele did it first

Priestley made oxygen with a burning lens on 1 August 1774 but took months to grasp it, and a Swedish chemist had already beaten him.

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