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Events, birthdays, days of death – the calendar page on Monday, August 1st, 2022

Berlin. The current calendar sheet for Monday, August 1st, 2022: What happened today, who was born, who died? The events at a glance.

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Calendar sheet: Monday, August 1, 2022

  • 31st calendar week, 213th day of the year, 152 days until the end of the year
  • Astrological sign Leo
  • Name day: Alfons Maria, Pierre Julien

History: What happened on August 1st?

2021 – Tennis player Alexander Zverev is the first German Olympic champion in men’s singles. The Hamburger wins the final in Tokyo against the Russian Karen Chatschanov 6: 3, 6: 1 and thus celebrates the greatest success of his career up to that point.

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2017 – A test with surveillance cameras to recognize the faces of passers-by begins in Berlin’s Südkreuz train station. In this way, the Federal Ministry of the Interior wants to gain insights into how to avert terrorist threats. Privacy advocates have concerns.

2012 – Trucks with a total weight of twelve tons or more have to pay tolls on a number of well-developed federal highways. Until then, the toll for trucks only applied on motorways.

2007 – An absolute alcohol ban for novice drivers and drivers under the age of 21 comes into force. Violations are punished with a fine of up to 1000 euros and two points in Flensburg.

1997 – In Germany, the Multimedia Act comes into force, which is primarily intended to guarantee full freedom of access to international communication networks such as the Internet.

1987 – The television music channel MTV Europe goes on the air six years after the start of MTV in the USA.

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1962 – The children’s book “The Robber Hotzenplotz: A Punch and Judy Story” by Ottfried Preussler is published by Thienemann-Verlag in Stuttgart. It becomes a worldwide success and is translated into more than 30 languages.

1957 – The Deutsche Bundesbank starts its business operations in Frankfurt/Main. The Federal Bank Act of July 26, 1957 stipulated that the nine state central banks should be merged with the Bank deutscher Länder.

1907 – British General Robert Baden-Powell opened the first Boy Scout camp on the island of Brownsea with 20 boys from a wide variety of backgrounds.

Celebrity Birthdays: Who Was Born On August 1st?

1977 – Marco Buschmann (45), German politician (FDP), Federal Minister of Justice since 2001

1957 – Stefan Gubser (65), Swiss actor (role as Commissioner Reto Flückiger in Lucerne’s “Tatort”)

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1952 – Zoran Djindjic, Serbian politician, co-founder of the Democratic Party (DS) in Yugoslavia in 1989, first non-communist mayor of Belgrade in 1997, Prime Minister of Serbia from 2001, assassinated in 2003

1947 – Leoluca Orlando (75), Italian politician and author, former mayor of Palermo (Sicily) and figurehead in the fight against the mafia

1942 – Jerry García, American musician, leader of the rock group Grateful Dead, died 1995

Celebrity Death Days: Who Died on August 1st?

2012 – Liselotte Funcke, German politician (FDP), Vice President of the German Bundestag 1969-1979, Federal Government Commissioner for Foreigners 1981-1991, born 1918

1997 – Sviatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, born 1915

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