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August
On This Day, August 1
- 2023: Former US President Donald Trump is indicted for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his third indictment in 2023.
- 2017: A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.
- 2008: The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
- 2008: Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
- 2007: The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145.