On this day: August 1

National days on this date

• Communal Resistance DayNorthern Cyprus public holiday celebrating the Turkish Cypriots' struggle.

Events

1. 1261 Reconquest of Constantinople 1261 battle between the Latin and Nicaean Empires

Births

1. 1901 Alexandre Alexeieff artist, filmmaker, illustrator (1901-1982)
2. 1945 Ivan Garanin Soviet cross-country skier
3. 1949 Kurmanbek Bakiyev Kyrgyzstani politician
4. 1954 Özkan Yorgancıoğlu Turkish Cypriot statesperson (born 1954)
5. 1964 Natalya Shikolenko Belarusian javelin thrower (1964–2025)
6. 1972 Vadim Milov Israeli-Swiss chess player
7. 1976 Hasan Şaş Turkish association football player (born 1976)
8. 1983 Arzu Geybullayeva Azerbaijani columnist, blogger and journalist
9. 2003 Mahammad Muradli chess player

Deaths

1. 1993 Elmira Gafarova Soviet politician (1934-1993)
2. 1996 Zulfiya Uzbek poet (1915-1996)
3. 2025 Arif Babayev Azerbaijani singer (1938–2025)
4. 2026 Nariman Hasanzada Azerbaijani writer and poet