August 1 in history: • 527 – Upon the death of Justin I, his nephew and adopted son Justinian I became the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. → go there • 1814 – Britain celebrated the Grand Jubilee to mark 100 years since the accession of George I and 16 years since the start of the Battle of the Nile. → go there • 1971 – The Concert for Bangladesh, a pair of benefit concerts organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar for refugees of the Bangladesh genocide, took place at Madison Square Garden in New York. → go there • 1984 – Commercial peat cutters discovered a preserved bog body, now known as Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss in Cheshire, England. → go there • 2007 – Bridge 9340, carrying Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, United States, suffered a catastrophic failure and collapsed (aftermath pictured), killing 13 people and injuring 145 others. → go there Born 1545: Andrew Melville Wiki link Born 1905: Helen Sawyer Hogg Wiki link Died 1970: Frances Farmer Wiki link Died 2010: Lolita Lebrón Wiki link Pictured: Cars on the {{nowrap.