What happened on August 1 ?

10 BC - Claudius, Roman Emperor (d. 54)

126 - Pertinax, Roman Emperor (d. 193)

1313 - Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)

1377 - Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)

1545 - Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)

1555 - Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)

1579 - Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)

1630 - Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673)

1713 - Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780)

1714 - Richard Wilson, Welsh painter (d. 1782)

1738 - Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)

1744 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (d. 1829)

1770 - William Clark, American explorer (d. 1838)

1779 - Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843)

1779 - Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851)

1815 - Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer, politician, and author (d. 1882)

1818 - Maria Mitchell, American astronomer (d. 1889)

1819 - Herman Melville, American writer (d. 1891)

1858 - Hans Rott, Austrian composer (d. 1884)

1885 - George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1966)

1889 - Walter Gerlach, German physicist (d. 1979)

1891 - Karl Kobelt, Swiss politician (d. 1968)

1910 - James Henry Govier, British artist (d. 1974)

1921 - Jack Kramer, American tennis player

1922 - Pat McDonald, Australian actress (d. 1990)

1924 - Georges Charpak, Ukrainian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1925 - Ernst Jandl, Austrian writer (d. 2000)

1927 - Raymond Leppard, English conductor

1930 - Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (d. 2002)

1930 - Lionel Bart, English song-writer (d. 1999)

1932 - Meir Kahane, American orthodox rabbi and founder of the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)

1933 - Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian

1936 - Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer

1937 - Al D'Amato, U.S. Senator from New York

1942 - Jerry Garcia, American guitarist, lyricist, and singer (The Grateful Dead) (d. 1995)

1945 - Douglas D. Osheroff, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1946 - Sandi Griffiths, American singer, The Lawrence Welk Show

1946 - Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist

1949 - Kurmanbek Bakiyev, President of Kyrgyzstan

1950 - Jim Carroll, American poet and actor

1952 - Zoran ?in?i?, Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003)

1953 - Robert Cray, American singer

1955 - Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer

1956 - Tom Leykis, American radio personality

1958 - Adrian Dunbar, Northern Irish actor

1959 - Joe Elliott, English musician (Def Leppard)

1960 - Chuck D, American rapper (Public Enemy)

1960 - Richard Roeper, American newspaper columnist and film critic

1962 - Robert Clift, British field hockey player

1963 - Coolio, American rapper

1965 - Sam Mendes, British stage and film director

1970 - David James, English footballer

1972 - Devon Hughes, US professional wrestler

1973 - Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress

1977 - Marc Denis, NHL Hockey player - Goaltender

1978 - Edgerrin James, American football player

1978 - Dhani Harrison, musician

1981 - M. Shadows, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)

1981 - Ashley Parker Angel, American musician formerly of (O-Town)

1984 - Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer