Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/August/August 1


 * 1914 – World War I: The German Empire declares war on Russia
 * 1936 – The Summer Olympics open in Berlin
 * 1970 – Death of physician Otto Heinrich Warburg, recipient of the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine
 * 1990 – Death of sociologist Norbert Elias
 * 2001 – The Lebenspartnerschaftsgesetz allows civil unions in Germany