August 1 throughout History

1914: Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg Germany declares war on Russia in WW I
1914: France and Germany mobilize
1920: Peace of Riga-Independence of Latvia
1933: Death penality for anti fascists in Germany
1943: Japan declares Burma Independence
1944: Anne Frank's last diary entry; 3 days later she is arrested
1953: Fidel Castro arrested in Cuba
1982: Heavy Israeli air bombardment on Beirut
1990: Iraq pulls out of talks with Kuwait
1994: Train crash in Havana Cuba, 6 killed