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Swiss National Day; refimprove
Lammas in England and Scotland refimprove section; CN tags (14)
; Independence Day in Benin (1960) refimprove section
1291 – Three Swiss cantons signed the Federal Charter to form the Old Swiss Confederacy. refimprove section
1715 – Introduced during a time of civil disturbance in Great Britain, the Riot Act came into force, authorising authorities to declare any group of twelve or more people to be unlawfully assembled. refimprove section
1907Robert Baden-Powell held the first Scout camp at Brownsea Island in Dorset, England, beginning the Scouting movement. page numbers needed
1927 – In the Nanchang uprising, the first major engagement in the Chinese Civil War, Communist forces seized control over the entire city of Nanchang from the Kuomintang. needs more footnotes
1944World War II: The Polish Home Army began the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation of Poland, a rebellion that lasted 63 days until it was quelled by the Germans. lots of CN tags (19), refimprove section
1966Charles Whitman opened fire from an observation deck on the tower of the University of Texas at Austin, killing 10 people before being shot and killed by police. Refimprove section
Sabbatai Zevi |b|1626| Lift of Jewish encyclopedia is PD but uses a lot of peacock/hyperbole

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August 1: Lughnasadh in the Northern Hemisphere; Buwan ng Wika begins in the Philippines; PLA Day in China (1927)

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