AUGUST 1
1981:Fledgling cable channel MTV begins broadcasting to several thousand subscribers, prophetically playing the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” as the future popular music and culture juggernaut’s first video.
1619: The first Africans are brought to Jamestown, Va., aboard a Dutch man-of-war. Although they were most likely indentured servants, their arrival marks the beginning of black slavery in the British North American colonies.
1936: The Summer Olympic Games begin in Berlin, with Nazi Führer Adolf Hitler presiding over the opening ceremony.
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