August 1

Happy Birthday RIP Jerome "Jerry" Garcia(1942–1995) Yves Mathieu-Saint-Laurent(1936–2008) Dominic "Dom" DeLuise(1933–2009) ; Samuel "Sam" Mendes–50 "James St James"(James Clark)–49 Tempestt Bledsoe–42 Joseph Jason Momoa–36 "Max Carver"(Robert Maxwell Martensen)–27 Jack O'Connell–25 ; 1981 – MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles!