Historical timeline for August 1

Former US President Donald Trump is indicted for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his third indictment in 2023.

A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.

Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions die on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.

The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.

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.

A supermarket fire kills 424 people and injures 360 others in Asunción, Paraguay.

Puntland, an autonomous state in northeastern Somalia, is officially established following a constitutional conference in Garowe. Issims and tribal chiefs agreed to create a self-declared government until Somalia recovered.

The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.

A plane crash in the Karabakh Range kills 46 people.

A British soldier is killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.

Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.

MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.

A train crash kills 18 people and injures over 170 more in County Cork, Ireland.

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.

Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nürburgring.

Trinidad and Tobago officially became a republic.

The final act of the CSCE meeting is signed in Helsinki, Finland.

Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.

The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The coronation of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei, is held.